matriarcado
Spanish, noun/matɾjaɾˈkado/
matriarcado is spelled M-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 72,568th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matriarcado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “matriarchy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tipo de sociedad en la que las mujeres mantienen un rol general de liderazgo”.
What does matriarcado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinematriarchy
- 2
masculinematriarchate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tipo de sociedad en la que las mujeres mantienen un rol general de liderazgo. 2. Influencia moral, predominante o muy marcada, de la mujer en un grupo social.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of matriarcado
- matriarcados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matriarcado?
- /matɾjaɾˈkado/
- [ma.t̪ɾjaɾˈka.ð̞o]
- [mat̪ɾjaɾˈkað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matriarcado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matriarcado in Spanish?
matriarcado appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).