entrudo
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈtɾu.du/
entrudo is spelled E-N-T-R-U-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entrudo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “carnival (festive occasion marked by parades)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de festas que ocorrem no Carnaval (também chamado de Entroido, Entrudo, Entruido ou Entruito)”.
What does entrudo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarnival (festive occasion marked by parades)
- 2
masculineShrovetide (days immediately preceding Lent)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tempo de folia que precede a Quaresma 2. festa popular de cinco dias de duração que ocorre antes da Quaresma
noun: 1. conjunto de festas que ocorrem no Carnaval (também chamado de Entroido, Entrudo, Entruido ou Entruito) 2. pessoa disfarçada, mal vestida
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 entrudo
- entrudos plural
- entruido alternative dialectal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrudo?
- Brazil /ẽˈtɾu.du/
- Brazil /ĩˈtɾu.du/
- Portugal /ẽˈtɾu.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 entrudo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entrudo in Portuguese?
entrudo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).