cadafalso
Portuguese, noun/ka.daˈfaw.su/
cadafalso is spelled C-A-D-A-F-A-L-S-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 67,344th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cadafalso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gallows; scaffold (platform for executions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “palco exposto em local público para executar condenados à morte”.
What does cadafalso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegallows; scaffold (platform for executions)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. palco exposto em local público para executar condenados à morte 2. forca 3. guilhotina
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 cadafalso
- cadafalsos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cadafalso?
- Brazil /ka.daˈfaw.su/
- Brazil [ka.daˈfaʊ̯.su]
- Portugal /kɐ.dɐˈfal.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cadafalso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cadafalso in Portuguese?
cadafalso 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).