lazareto
Portuguese, noun/la.zaˈɾe.tu/
lazareto is spelled L-A-Z-A-R-E-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese, the 161,170th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lazareto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “leprosarium (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “edifício para quarentenas”.
What does lazareto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleprosarium (institution or place to quarantine and treat leprous people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. edifício para quarentenas
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 lazareto
- lazaretos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lazareto?
- Brazil /la.zaˈɾe.tu/
- Portugal /lɐ.zɐˈɾe.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lazareto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lazareto in Portuguese?
lazareto appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).