grande
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/
grande is spelled G-R-A-N-D-E (6 letters) and appears 891 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 102nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grande is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “A term of address for someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa rica e/ou famosa”.
What does grande mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinelarge; great; big (of great size or extent)
Este livro é grande.
- 2
femininemasculinelarge; big; numerous (numerically large)
A família é muito grande.
- 3
femininemasculinegreat (of great importance)
Os grandes reis da antiguidade.
- 4
femininemasculinegreat; magnanimous (noble and generous in spirit)
Artur foi um grande rei.
- 5
femininemasculinegrown-up; mature
Já és grande, podes trabalhar.
- 6
femininemasculinethe metropolitan area of, greater
Moro na grande Lisboa.
noun
- 1
BrazilcolloquialfemininemasculineA term of address for someone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem dimensões mais que ordinárias 2. vasto, extenso 3. profundo 4. comprido
noun: 1. pessoa rica e/ou famosa
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 grande
- grandes plural
- ganda alternative Portugal colloquial
- grãde alternative abbreviation obsolete
- maior do que comparative superior
- grandíssimo absolute superlative
- grandessíssimo absolute superlative
- máximo absolute superlative
- maior relative superlative superior
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grande?
- Brazil /ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ/
- Brazil ˈgɾɐ̃n.d͡ʒɪ
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grande
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grande in Portuguese?
grande appears 891 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).