batalha

From Old Occitan batalha, from Late Latin battālia. From the 12th century.[1]

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batalha f (plural batalhas)

1. battle

• batalhar

From Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“fencing, fighting practice”), from Latin battuō (“to strike”).

batalha f (oblique plural batalhas, nominative singular batalha, nominative plural batalhas)

1. battle

• Occitan: batalha
• → Old Spanish: batalla (or from Old French)
  • Ladino: batalya
  • Spanish: batalla

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• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ba.ˈta.ja/
• Homophone: Batalha
• Rhymes: -aʎɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧ta‧lha

From Old Galician-Portuguese batalla, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“fighting and fencing exercises”), from Latin battuō (“to strike, beat”), from Gaulish.

batalha f (plural batalhas)

1. battle (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)

   Synonyms: peleja, combate, luta, confronto

• batalhar

• batalhão
• bater

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

batalha

1. inflection of batalhar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “batalha” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “batalha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.