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oblato

Portuguese, noun/oˈbla.tu/

oblato is spelled O-B-L-A-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese, the 248,872nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oblato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “oblate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo dado pelos pais a um convento para serviço de Deus”.

What does oblato mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    oblate (all senses)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineoblate

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. oferecido a Deus

noun: 1. indivíduo dado pelos pais a um convento para serviço de Deus 2. leigo que se oferecia para serviço de uma ordem religiosa

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 oblato

  • oblata feminine
  • oblatos masculine plural
  • oblatas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce oblato?

  • Brazil /oˈbla.tu/
  • Portugal /ɔˈbla.tu/
  • Portugal [ɔˈβla.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 oblato

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is oblato in Portuguese?

oblato appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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