década
Portuguese, noun/ˈdɛ.ka.dɐ/
década is spelled D-É-C-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears 54 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,778th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Década is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ten (set or group with ten elements)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “período de dez unidades”.
What does década mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineten (set or group with ten elements)
- 2
femininedecade
a década de 1980
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. período de dez unidades 2. período de dez anos
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 década
- décadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce década?
- Brazil /ˈdɛ.ka.dɐ/
- Portugal /ˈdɛ.kɐ.dɐ/
- Portugal [ˈdɛ.kɐ.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to década
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is década in Portuguese?
década appears 54 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).