adotante
Portuguese, noun/a.doˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
adotante is spelled A-D-O-T-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adotante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “adopter (one who adopts a child)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does adotante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineadopter (one who adopts a child)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de pessoa que adota criança ou adolescente
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 adotante
- adotantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adotante?
- Brazil /a.doˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɐ.dɔˈtɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal [ɐ.ðɔˈtɐ̃.tɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adotante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adotante in Portuguese?
adotante appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).