matriarcado
Portuguese, noun/ma.tɾi.aʁˈka.du/
matriarcado is spelled M-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 110,210th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matriarcado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “matriarchy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma de organização social em que as mulheres/mães tem posição de liderança no clã, sociedade, tribo, etc”.
What does matriarcado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinematriarchy
- 2
masculinematriarchate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. forma de organização social em que as mulheres/mães tem posição de liderança no clã, sociedade, tribo, etc.
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 matriarcado
- matriarcados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matriarcado?
- Brazil /ma.tɾi.aʁˈka.du/
- Brazil [ma.tɾi.ahˈka.du]
- Brazil /ma.tɾjaʁˈka.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matriarcado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matriarcado in Portuguese?
matriarcado appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).