orfanato
Portuguese, noun/oʁ.faˈna.tu/
orfanato is spelled O-R-F-A-N-A-T-O (8 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,007th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orfanato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estabelecimento de assistência social onde se recolhem órfãos; instituição que acolhe crianças e jovens que…”.
What does orfanato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)
Cresci em um orfanato.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estabelecimento de assistência social onde se recolhem órfãos; instituição que acolhe crianças e jovens que perderam os pais ou um deles ou estes não têm condiçãos para cuidar delas 2. estado de quem é órfão 3. estado de abandono, desamparo
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 orfanato
- orfanatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orfanato?
- Brazil /oʁ.faˈna.tu/
- Brazil [oh.faˈna.tu]
- /oɾ.faˈna.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 orfanato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orfanato in Portuguese?
orfanato appears 3.4 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).