governador
Portuguese, noun/ɡo.veʁ.naˈdoʁ/
governador is spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-A-D-O-R (10 letters) and appears 81 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,196th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Governador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “governor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quem governa”.
What does governador mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegovernor
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que governa 2. que governava as colônias ou parte delas
noun: 1. quem governa 2. quem governava as colônias ou parte delas 3. no Brasil, governante eleito de um estado da federação
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 governador
- governadores plural
- governadora feminine
- governadoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce governador?
- Brazil /ɡo.veʁ.naˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [ɡo.veɦ.naˈdoh]
- /ɡo.veɾ.naˈdoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to governador
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is governador in Portuguese?
governador appears 81 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).