dourado
Portuguese, noun/do(w)ˈɾa.du/
dourado is spelled D-O-U-R-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,039th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dourado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gold (colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of dourar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe de água doce do gênero Salminus”.
What does dourado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegold (colour)
- 2
masculinedorado
adjective
- 1
gilded
- 2
golden
verb
- 1
past participle of dourar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. da cor do ouro
noun: 1. peixe de água doce do gênero Salminus 2. determinado tipo de uva
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo
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 dourado
- dourados plural
- doirado alternative
- dourada feminine
- douradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dourado?
- Brazil /do(w)ˈɾa.du/
- Brazil [do(ʊ̯)ˈɾa.du]
- Portugal /do(w)ˈɾa.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 dourado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dourado in Portuguese?
dourado appears 13 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).