zilhão
Portuguese, noun/ziˈʎɐ̃w̃/
zilhão is spelled Z-I-L-H-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zilhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “zillion (any very large number)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pseudonumeral multiplicativo que descreve um grande número indeterminado de algo”.
What does zilhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinezillion (any very large number)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
number: 1. grande quantidade, grande número
noun: 1. pseudonumeral multiplicativo que descreve um grande número indeterminado de algo
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 zilhão
- zilhões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zilhão?
- Brazil /ziˈʎɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ziˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ziˈʎɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zilhão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zilhão in Portuguese?
zilhão appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).