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cédula

Portuguese, noun/ˈsɛ.du.lɐ/

cédula is spelled C-É-D-U-L-A (6 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,687th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cédula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “banknote (piece of paper currency)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “documento escrito”.

What does cédula mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebanknote (piece of paper currency)

  2. 2

    femininedocument, card

    cédula de identidade

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. documento escrito 2. apontamento, bilhete 3. escrito particular em que se reconhece promessa ou obrigação, confissão escrita de dívida (termo jurídico) 4. papel ou nota que representa a moeda de curso legal

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 cédula

  • cédulas plural

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

How do you pronounce cédula?

  • Brazil /ˈsɛ.du.lɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈsɛ.du.lɐ/
  • Portugal [ˈsɛ.ðu.lɐ]

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

English words that translate to cédula

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

How common is cédula in Portuguese?

cédula appears 2.1 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).

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