acórdão
Portuguese, noun
acórdão is spelled A-C-Ó-R-D-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acórdão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “In a civil law system, a final judgement or decision of a multimember court or tribunal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, acordão is a different word: “political collusion (an agreement made by politicans on a piece of…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “julgamento proferido por um tribunal, e não por um juiz singular”.
What does acórdão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineIn a civil law system, a final judgement or decision of a multimember court or tribunal.
noun
- 1
masculinepolitical collusion (an agreement made by politicans on a piece of legislation for their own benefit, disregarding ethics or impact)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. julgamento proferido por um tribunal, e não por um juiz singular
noun: 1. acordo entre políticos de assembleias para aceitar ou rejeitar uma determinada moção
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acórdão
- acórdãos plural
- acordões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is acórdão in Portuguese?
acórdão appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).