couraçado
Portuguese, noun/ko(w).ɾaˈsa.du/
couraçado is spelled C-O-U-R-A-Ç-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 80,231st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Couraçado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ironclad; dreadnought (battleship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of couraçar.
What does couraçado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
armoured; hardened
noun
- 1
masculineironclad; dreadnought (battleship)
verb
- 1
past participle of couraçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of couraçado
- couraçada feminine
- couraçados masculine plural
- couraçadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce couraçado?
- Brazil /ko(w).ɾaˈsa.du/
- Brazil [ko(ʊ̯).ɾaˈsa.du]
- Portugal /ko(w).ɾɐˈsa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to couraçado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is couraçado in Portuguese?
couraçado appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).