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canato

Portuguese, noun/kaˈna.tu/

canato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of canado” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado ou território governado por um cã”.

What does canato mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative form of canado

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. estado ou território governado por um cã 2. dignidade do cã

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 canato

  • canatos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce canato?

  • Brazil /kaˈna.tu/
  • Portugal /kɐˈna.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to canato

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is canato in Portuguese?

canato appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).