batalhão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French bataillon, from Italian battaglione.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.taˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [ba.taˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.tɐˈʎɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧lhão

Noun

batalhão m (plural batalhões)

  1. battalion
  2. (informal) swarm, crowd

References

  1. ^ “batalhão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “batalhão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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