catafalco
Portuguese, noun/ka.taˈfaw.ku/
catafalco is spelled C-A-T-A-F-A-L-C-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese, the 151,527th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catafalco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “catafalque, catafalco” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does catafalco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecatafalque, catafalco
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of catafalco
- catafalcos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catafalco?
- Brazil /ka.taˈfaw.ku/
- Brazil [ka.taˈfaʊ̯.ku]
- Portugal /kɐ.tɐˈfal.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catafalco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catafalco in Portuguese?
catafalco appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).