cativeiro
Portuguese, noun/ka.t͡ʃiˈve(j).ɾu/
cativeiro is spelled C-A-T-I-V-E-I-R-O (9 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,662nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cativeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “captivity (state of being captive)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar onde se está cativo”.
What does cativeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaptivity (state of being captive)
- 2
masculineprison (place where one is held captive)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar onde se está cativo 2. prisão
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 cativeiro
- cativeiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cativeiro?
- Brazil /ka.t͡ʃiˈve(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ka.t͡ʃiˈve(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /kɐ.tiˈvɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cativeiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cativeiro in Portuguese?
cativeiro appears 6.0 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).