Estado-nação
Portuguese, noun
Estado-nação is spelled E-S-T-A-D-O-N-A-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters). Estado-nação is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “nation-state (political entity associated with a common national identity and a sovereign territory)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Estado que representa, e coincide com, uma nação”.
What does Estado-nação mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenation-state (political entity associated with a common national identity and a sovereign territory)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estado que representa, e coincide com, uma nação
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-nação
- Estados-nação plural
- Estados-nações plural
- estado-nação alternative proscribed usually
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).