valão
Portuguese, noun/vaˈlɐ̃w̃/
valão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Walloon (person from Wallonia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of vala. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um dos idiomas falados na Bélgica”.
What does valão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineWalloon (person from Wallonia)
- 2
masculineWalloon (Romance language spoken in Wallonia)
adjective
- 1
Walloon (of or relating to Wallonia)
- 2
Walloon (of, relating to or written in the Walloon language)
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of vala
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à Valônia, região da Bélgica
noun: 1. um dos idiomas falados na Bélgica
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 valão
- valões plural
- valona feminine
- valonas feminine plural
- vallão alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce valão?
- Brazil /vaˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [vaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /vɐˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to valão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is valão in Portuguese?
valão appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).