ombudsman
Portuguese, noun/õ.bu.d͡ʒisˈmɐ̃/
ombudsman is spelled O-M-B-U-D-S-M-A-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,216th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ombudsman is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ombudsman (official who investigates complaints)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que fiscaliza a organização (governamental ou privada) da qual faz parte representando os interesses…”.
What does ombudsman mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineombudsman (official who investigates complaints)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que fiscaliza a organização (governamental ou privada) da qual faz parte representando os interesses da sociedade 2. jornalista que, de maneira independente, avalia o material publicado e responde a queixas dos leitores
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 ombudsman
- ombudsmen plural
- ombudsmans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ombudsman?
- Brazil /õ.bu.d͡ʒisˈmɐ̃/
- Brazil /õ.bud͡ʒsˈmɐ̃/
- /õ.bu.d͡ʒisˈmɐ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ombudsman
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ombudsman in Portuguese?
ombudsman appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).