centígrado
Portuguese, adjective/sẽˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾa.du/
centígrado is spelled C-E-N-T-Í-G-R-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese, the 203,084th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Centígrado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “Celsius (metric scale of temperature)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que mede cem graus, como os de temperatura, por exemplo”.
What does centígrado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Celsius (metric scale of temperature)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que mede cem graus, como os de temperatura, por exemplo
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 centígrado
- centígrada feminine
- centígrados masculine plural
- centígradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce centígrado?
- Brazil /sẽˈt͡ʃi.ɡɾa.du/
- Portugal /sẽˈti.ɡɾɐ.du/
- Portugal [sẽˈti.ɣɾɐ.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to centígrado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is centígrado in Portuguese?
centígrado appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).