frade
Portuguese, noun/ˈfɾa.d͡ʒi/
frade is spelled F-R-A-D-E (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frade is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “friar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of fradar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “membro de uma ordem religiosa, em especial as ordens franciscanas, dominicanas, carmelitas e augustinianas…”.
What does frade mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefriar
- 2
masculineangelfish (a marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. membro de uma ordem religiosa, em especial as ordens franciscanas, dominicanas, carmelitas e augustinianas; freire 2. dois paus paralelos no sentido transversal do navio unidos entre si por uma ligação metálica constituindo um mastro duplo 3. parte da forma não imprime ou sai muito clara por não haver recebido tinta 4. grilo-toupeira
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 frade
- frades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frade?
- Brazil /ˈfɾa.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /ˈfɾa.dɨ/
- Portugal [ˈfɾa.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frade in Portuguese?
frade appears 1.2 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).