lavadouro
Portuguese, noun/la.vaˈdo(w).ɾu/
lavadouro is spelled L-A-V-A-D-O-U-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lavadouro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lavoir, washing place; public or communal installation for washing clothes, frequently roofed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “local ou tanque onde se lava roupa”.
What does lavadouro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelavoir, washing place; public or communal installation for washing clothes, frequently roofed
- 2
masculinewashboard
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. local ou tanque onde se lava roupa
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 lavadouro
- lavadouros plural
- lavadoiro alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lavadouro?
- Brazil /la.vaˈdo(w).ɾu/
- Brazil [la.vaˈdo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /lɐ.vɐˈdo(w).ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lavadouro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lavadouro in Portuguese?
lavadouro appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).