palacete
Portuguese, noun/pa.laˈse.t͡ʃi/
palacete is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mansion (small palace; luxurious apartment block)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno palácio”.
What does palacete mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemansion (small palace; luxurious apartment block)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pequeno palácio 2. grande construção de aparência luxuosa
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 palacete
- palacetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palacete?
- Brazil /pa.laˈse.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /pɐ.lɐˈse.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to palacete
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palacete in Portuguese?
palacete appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).