ouvidor
Portuguese, noun/o(w).viˈdoʁ/
ouvidor is spelled O-U-V-I-D-O-R (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouvidor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “listener, hearer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que trabalha numa ouvidoria”.
What does ouvidor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelistener, hearer
- 2
masculineombudsman or a special judge or magistrate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Goiás
noun: 1. pessoa que trabalha numa ouvidoria
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 ouvidor
- ouvidores plural
- ouvidora feminine
- ouvidoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouvidor?
- Brazil /o(w).viˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [o(ʊ̯).viˈdoh]
- /o(w).viˈdoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ouvidor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ouvidor in Portuguese?
ouvidor appears 1.2 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).