telão
Portuguese, noun/teˈlɐ̃w̃/
telão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “big screen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of tela f. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande tela”.
What does telão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of tela f
- 2
Brazilmasculinebig screen
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande tela 2. grande tela transparente em que se projeta um fundo ou uma paisagem, para filmagem em retroprojeção 3. painel grande e colorido que se usa como elemento de cenografia 4. painel com letreiros ou anúncios que pende diante do pano de boca
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of telão
- telões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce telão?
- Brazil /teˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [teˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /tɨˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is telão in Portuguese?
telão appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).