caudilho
Portuguese, noun/kawˈd͡ʒi.ʎu/
caudilho is spelled C-A-U-D-I-L-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 78,593rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caudilho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “caudillo (a military dictator, especially in Latin American)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chefe político-militar, geralmente populista e ditador”.
What does caudilho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaudillo (a military dictator, especially in Latin American)
- 2
masculinea local violent and authoritarian political leader; a strongman
adjective
- 1
violent and authoritarian
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chefe político-militar, geralmente populista e ditador
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 caudilho
- caudilhos plural
- caudilha feminine
- caudilhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caudilho?
- Brazil /kawˈd͡ʒi.ʎu/
- Brazil [kaʊ̯ˈd͡ʒi.ʎu]
- Portugal /kawˈdi.ʎu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caudilho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caudilho in Portuguese?
caudilho appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).