"galão" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ɡaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [Brazil], [ɡaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃] [Brazil], /ɡɐˈlɐ̃w̃/ [Portugal] Forms: galões [plural], gallão [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃ Etymology: Borrowed from English gallon, from Old French galon, galun (“liquid measure”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|pt|en|gallon}} Borrowed from English gallon, {{der|pt|fro|galon}} Old French galon Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} galão m (plural galões)
  1. gallon (a unit of volume used for liquids) Wikidata QID: Q178413 Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-galão-pt-noun-pt:Q178413 Categories (other): Units of measure Disambiguation of Units of measure: 25 15 31 26 3
  2. (Brazil) any large liquid container Tags: Brazil, masculine
    Sense id: en-galão-pt-noun-pt:large_container Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Containers, Units of measure Disambiguation of Containers: 9 32 30 25 3 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 25 15 31 26 3
  3. (Portugal) hot drink made of espresso and foamed milk Wikidata QID: Q59040 Tags: Portugal, masculine
    Sense id: en-galão-pt-noun-pt:Q59040 Categories (other): European Portuguese, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese terms suffixed with -ão, Clothing, Coffee, Containers, Units of measure Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 18 40 31 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 18 40 31 1 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 9 21 40 27 3 Disambiguation of Portuguese terms suffixed with -ão: 10 28 40 19 4 Disambiguation of Clothing: 20 10 49 11 10 Disambiguation of Coffee: 1 14 82 2 1 Disambiguation of Containers: 9 32 30 25 3 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 25 15 31 26 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [Brazil], [ɡaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃] [Brazil], /ɡɐˈlɐ̃w̃/ [Portugal] Forms: galões [plural]
Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃ Etymology: Borrowed from French galon (“braid”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|pt|fr|galon|t=braid}} Borrowed from French galon (“braid”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} galão m (plural galões)
  1. galloon Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-galão-pt-noun-yiMPYFZZ Categories (other): Containers, Units of measure Disambiguation of Containers: 9 32 30 25 3 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 25 15 31 26 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ɡaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [Brazil], [ɡaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃] [Brazil], /ɡɐˈlɐ̃w̃/ [Portugal], /ɡaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [Brazil], [ɡaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃] [Brazil], /ɡɐˈlɐ̃w̃/ [Portugal] Forms: galões [plural]
Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃ Etymology: From galo (“rooster”) + -ão. Etymology templates: {{af|pt|galo<t:rooster>|-ão}} galo (“rooster”) + -ão Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} galão m (plural galões)
  1. augmentative of galo Tags: augmentative, form-of, masculine Form of: galo Related terms: garoto, meia de leite, pingo
    Sense id: en-galão-pt-noun-JkrOGIRs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "[ɡaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]",
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      "ipa": "/ɡɐˈlɐ̃w̃/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡaˈlɐ̃w̃/",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɡaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ɡɐˈlɐ̃w̃/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɐ̃w̃"
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  ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Portuguese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (58c391d and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.