ducado
Portuguese, noun/duˈka.du/
ducado is spelled D-U-C-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ducado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “duchy (a dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “território sob o domínio de um duque”.
What does ducado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineduchy (a dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess)
- 2
masculineducat (historical gold coin)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. território sob o domínio de um duque 2. dignidade de duque
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 ducado
- ducados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ducado?
- Brazil /duˈka.du/
- Portugal /duˈka.du/
- Portugal [duˈka.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ducado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ducado in Portuguese?
ducado appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).