consoada
Portuguese, noun/kõ.soˈa.dɐ/
consoada is spelled C-O-N-S-O-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consoada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Christmas dinner (meal traditionally eaten at Christmas Eve)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jantar da noite da véspera de Natal, geralmente reunindo toda a família em ambiente de festa e terminando com…”.
What does consoada mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineChristmas dinner (meal traditionally eaten at Christmas Eve)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jantar da noite da véspera de Natal, geralmente reunindo toda a família em ambiente de festa e terminando com a distribuição dos presentes 2. ceia que reunia a família na madrugada da noite de Natal, após a missa-do-galo 3. refeição leve, sem adição de carne, que se toma à noite, nos dias de jejum
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 consoada
- consoadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consoada?
- Brazil /kõ.soˈa.dɐ/
- Portugal /kõˈswa.dɐ/
- Portugal [kõˈswa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is consoada in Portuguese?
consoada appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).