idade
Portuguese, noun/iˈda.d͡ʒi/
idade is spelled I-D-A-D-E (5 letters) and appears 158 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 618th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Idade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “age (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “número de anos decorridos desde o nascimento de alguém”.
What does idade mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineage (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time)
suffix
- 1
feminineforms nouns, from adjectives, indicating the state, property or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description; -ity; -ness; -hood
- 2
feminineforms nouns, from adjectives, indicating something that has the given quality; -ity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. número de anos decorridos desde o nascimento de alguém 2. época histórica (ex.: Idade da Pedra, Idade do Bronze) 3. parte de um período:
suffix: 1. sufixo formador de substantivos abstratos a partir de adjetivos
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 idade
- idades plural
- edade alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce idade?
- Brazil /iˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /iˈda.dɨ/
- Portugal [iˈða.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 idade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is idade in Portuguese?
idade appears 158 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).