pátria
Portuguese, noun
pátria is spelled P-Á-T-R-I-A (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pátria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fatherland (the country of one’s birth, origin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of pátrio. Without its accent, patria is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “país em que nascemos”.
What does pátria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefatherland (the country of one’s birth, origin)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of pátrio
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pátria
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. país em que nascemos 2. nação 3. identidade cultural
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 pátria
- patrias plural
- pátrias plural
- patria alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to pátria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pátria in Portuguese?
pátria appears 13 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).