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. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “batalhão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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