patrulha
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈtɾu.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈtɾu.ʎa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐˈtɾu.ʎɐ/
- Hyphenation: pa‧tru‧lha
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French patrouille.
Noun
patrulha f (plural patrulhas)
- (chiefly military) patrol (the act of patrolling a location)
- Synonyms: patrulhamento, ronda
- (chiefly military) patrol (detachment that performs a patrol)
Related terms
- patrulhar
- patrulhador
- patrulheiro
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
patrulha
- inflection of patrulhar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “patrulha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “patrulha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026