alcácer
Portuguese, noun/awˈka.seʁ/
alcácer is spelled A-L-C-Á-C-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alcácer is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alcazar (Moorish fortress)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fortaleza”.
What does alcácer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealcazar (Moorish fortress)
- 2
masculinepalace
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fortaleza 2. castelo 3. palácio 4. alcaçaria
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 alcácer
- alcáceres plural
- alcáçar alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alcácer?
- Brazil /awˈka.seʁ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈka.seh]
- /awˈka.seɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alcácer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alcácer in Portuguese?
alcácer appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).