verdilhão
Portuguese, noun/veʁ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/
verdilhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “greenfinch (Chloris chloris, a passerine bird of Europe, Asia and Africa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno pássaro da espécie Carduelis chloris”.
What does verdilhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegreenfinch (Chloris chloris, a passerine bird of Europe, Asia and Africa)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno pássaro da espécie Carduelis chloris
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 verdilhão
- verdilhões plural
- verdelhão alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verdilhão?
- Brazil /veʁ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [veɦ.d͡ʒiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verdilhão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verdilhão in Portuguese?
verdilhão appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).