curatela
Portuguese, noun/ku.ɾaˈtɛ.lɐ/
curatela is spelled C-U-R-A-T-E-L-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 114,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curatela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “guardianship, tutorship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “curadoria; encargo conferido por lei a alguém, para reger a pessoa e seus bens, ou somente os bens, de…”.
What does curatela mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineguardianship, tutorship
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. curadoria; encargo conferido por lei a alguém, para reger a pessoa e seus bens, ou somente os bens, de pessoas menores ou maiores que por si não podem fazer, ou por ainda não terem nascido; a curatela dos loucos, surdos-mudos e pródigos pressupõe sua interdição
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 curatela
- curatelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce curatela?
- Brazil /ku.ɾaˈtɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /ku.ɾɐˈtɛ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is curatela in Portuguese?
curatela 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).