estado
Portuguese, noun/isˈta.du/
estado is spelled E-S-T-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 646 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 136th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “state (subdivision of a nation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of estar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “circunstância em que se está, situação”.
What does estado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestate (subdivision of a nation)
- 2
masculinestatus, condition, standing
- 3
masculineproscribedalternative letter-case form of Estado
verb
- 1
past participle of estar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. circunstância em que se está, situação 2. forma com a qual a matéria está agragada 3. conjunto dos valores das grandezas de um sistema, capazes de caracterizar a situação física deste sistema 4. nação, país
noun: 1. país, do ponto de vista político 2. nação politicamente organizada 3. conjunto dos poderes políticos de uma nação 4. qualquer dos governos estaduais
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 estado
- estados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estado?
- Brazil /isˈta.du/
- Brazil /esˈta.du/
- /iʃˈta.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 estado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estado in Portuguese?
estado appears 646 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).