episcopado
Portuguese, noun/e.pis.koˈpa.du/
episcopado is spelled E-P-I-S-C-O-P-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Episcopado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bishopric (diocese of a bishop)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dignidade ou função de bispo; bispado”.
What does episcopado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebishopric (diocese of a bishop)
- 2
masculinebishopric; episcopate (function of being bishop)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dignidade ou função de bispo; bispado 2. conjunto de bispos e arcebispos 3. período de duração das funções de um bispo; bispado
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 episcopado
- episcopados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce episcopado?
- Brazil /e.pis.koˈpa.du/
- /e.piʃ.koˈpa.du/
- Portugal /i.piʃ.kuˈpa.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 episcopado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is episcopado in Portuguese?
episcopado 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).