alambrado
Portuguese, noun/a.lɐ̃ˈbɾa.du/
alambrado is spelled A-L-A-M-B-R-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,059th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alambrado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “wire netting (hexagonal network of interwoven wire)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cerca feita de fios de arame trançados, geralmente utilizada para delimitar terrenos”.
What does alambrado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewire netting (hexagonal network of interwoven wire)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. cercado com arame
noun: 1. cerca feita de fios de arame trançados, geralmente utilizada para delimitar terrenos 2. terreno cercado de arame
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 alambrado
- alambrados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alambrado?
- Brazil /a.lɐ̃ˈbɾa.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.lɐ̃ˈbɾa.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.lɐ̃ˈbɾa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alambrado in Portuguese?
alambrado appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).