batalhão

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.taˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [ba.taˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.tɐˈʎɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧lhão

Noun[edit]

batalhão m (plural batalhões)

battalion
(informal) swarm, crowd

References[edit]

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

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