balaço

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈla.su/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈla.so/

  • Hyphenation: ba‧la‧ço

Noun

balaço m (plural balaços)

  1. augmentative of bala; a big bullet
  2. a shot with a bullet
  3. (sports) a precise and strong kick in association football and similar sports
  4. (fiction) bludger, a fictional ball in Quidditch, a wizarding sport in the Harry Potter universe