batalhão

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • 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, 20032024
  2. ^ batalhão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024