balaustrada
Portuguese, noun/ba.lawsˈtɾa.dɐ/
balaustrada is spelled B-A-L-A-U-S-T-R-A-D-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 95,562nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Balaustrada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “balustrade (row of balusters)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parapeito feito de balaústres, anteparo, corrimão, varanda de estacas afixadas”.
What does balaustrada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebalustrade (row of balusters)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parapeito feito de balaústres, anteparo, corrimão, varanda de estacas afixadas
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 balaustrada
- balaustradas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce balaustrada?
- Brazil /ba.lawsˈtɾa.dɐ/
- Brazil [ba.laʊ̯sˈtɾa.dɐ]
- /ba.lawʃˈtɾa.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to balaustrada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is balaustrada in Portuguese?
balaustrada appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).