gladiador
Portuguese, noun/ɡla.d͡ʒi.aˈdoʁ/
gladiador is spelled G-L-A-D-I-A-D-O-R (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,263rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gladiador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “gladiator (one who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lutador profissional ou escravo que travava combates mortais em arenas contra outros gladiadores ou animais…”.
What does gladiador mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegladiator (one who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lutador profissional ou escravo que travava combates mortais em arenas contra outros gladiadores ou animais selvagens, para entreter o público
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 gladiador
- gladiadores plural
- gladiadora feminine
- gladiadoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gladiador?
- Brazil /ɡla.d͡ʒi.aˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [ɡla.d͡ʒi.aˈdoh]
- Brazil /ɡla.d͡ʒjaˈdoʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gladiador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gladiador in Portuguese?
gladiador appears 1.3 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).