cadeia
Portuguese, noun/kaˈdej.ɐ/
cadeia is spelled C-A-D-E-I-A (6 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,846th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cadeia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cadear. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “local que serve de detenção temporária para criminosos de baixa periculosidade”.
What does cadeia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
- 2
femininechain (series of interconnected rings or links made of metal)
- 3
femininechain (series of interconnected things)
cadeia montanhosa
- 4
femininechain (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
- 5
femininechain (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. local que serve de detenção temporária para criminosos de baixa periculosidade 2. uma série de objetos ou coisas concatenados um após o outro 3. dois ou mais átomos (ou moléculas) ligados em sequência 4. conjunto de estabelecimentos comerciais de uma mesma empresa
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 cadeia
- cadeias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cadeia?
- Brazil /kaˈdej.ɐ/
- Brazil [kaˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]
- Portugal /kɐˈdɐj.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cadeia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cadeia in Portuguese?
cadeia appears 51 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).