cidadão
Portuguese, noun/si.daˈdɐ̃w̃/
cidadão is spelled C-I-D-A-D-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,623rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cidadão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “member of a State” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo que tem plenos direitos e deveres num estado”.
What does cidadão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemember of a State
- 2
masculineresident of a city
- 3
informalmasculineindividual, person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. indivíduo que tem plenos direitos e deveres num estado 2. habitante de uma cidade 3. pessoa
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 cidadão
- cidadãos plural
- cidadã feminine
- cidadãs feminine plural
- cidadaõ alternative obsolete
- cidadam alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cidadão?
- Brazil /si.daˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [si.daˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /si.dɐˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cidadão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cidadão in Portuguese?
cidadão appears 35 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).