madrasta
Portuguese, noun/maˈdɾas.tɐ/
madrasta is spelled M-A-D-R-A-S-T-A (8 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,620th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Madrasta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stepmother (wife of one's biological father, not one's biological mother)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “esposa da mãe ou do pai que não é a mãe do(a) filho(a) desta ou deste”.
What does madrasta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestepmother (wife of one's biological father, not one's biological mother)
- 2
femininean evil woman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. esposa da mãe ou do pai que não é a mãe do(a) filho(a) desta ou deste
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 madrasta
- madrastas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce madrasta?
- Brazil /maˈdɾas.tɐ/
- /maˈdɾaʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /mɐˈdɾaʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to madrasta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is madrasta in Portuguese?
madrasta appears 4.8 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).