dread
Portuguese, noun/ˈdɾɛ.d͡ʒi/
dread is spelled D-R-E-A-D (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dread is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “clipping of dreadlock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does dread mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclipping of dreadlock
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of dread
- dreads plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dread?
- Brazil /ˈdɾɛ.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil /ˈdɾɛd͡ʒ/
- Portugal /ˈdɾɛd/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dread
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dread in Portuguese?
dread appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).