maioridade
Portuguese, noun/maj.o.ɾiˈda.d͡ʒi/
maioridade is spelled M-A-I-O-R-I-D-A-D-E (10 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,397th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maioridade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “age of majority” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado ou condição de quem, segundo a lei, adquire a plena capacidade de exercer os seus direitos e deveres…”.
What does maioridade mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineage of majority
- 2
feminineadulthood
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estado ou condição de quem, segundo a lei, adquire a plena capacidade de exercer os seus direitos e deveres em sociedade
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 maioridade
- maioridades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maioridade?
- Brazil /maj.o.ɾiˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [maɪ̯.o.ɾiˈda.d͡ʒi]
- Portugal /maj.u.ɾiˈda.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maioridade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maioridade in Portuguese?
maioridade appears 4.9 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).