contrato
Portuguese, noun/kõˈtɾa.tu/
contrato is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T-O (8 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,363rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “contract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of contratar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de contratar”.
What does contrato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontract
adjective
- 1
Brazilalternative form of contracto.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of contratar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de contratar 2. acordo feito entre duas ou mais pessoas (ou entidades) com a obrigação de fazer ou não fazer alguma coisa
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 contrato
- contratos plural
- contracto alternative
- contrata feminine
- contratas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrato?
- Brazil /kõˈtɾa.tu/
- Portugal /kõˈtɾa.tu/
- Portugal /kõ.ˈtɾa.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contrato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrato in Portuguese?
contrato appears 71 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).