cetro
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɛ.tɾu/
cetro is spelled C-E-T-R-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cetro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scepter (ornamental staff)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bastão de apoio usado outrora pelos reis e generais”.
What does cetro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescepter (ornamental staff)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bastão de apoio usado outrora pelos reis e generais 2. insígnia real ou de comando 3. poder real
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 cetro
- cetros plural
- ceptro alternative
- sceptro alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cetro?
- Brazil /ˈsɛ.tɾu/
- Portugal /ˈsɛ.tɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cetro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cetro in Portuguese?
cetro appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).