patriarca
Portuguese, noun/pa.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/
patriarca is spelled P-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-A (9 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patriarca is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “patriarch (male head of a community or household)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chefe da igreja grega ortodoxa”.
What does patriarca mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepatriarch (male head of a community or household)
- 2
masculinepatriarch (highest rank of bishop)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chefe da igreja grega ortodoxa 2. chefe de família 3. aquele que primeiro luta por uma causa
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 patriarca
- patriarcas plural
- patriarcha alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patriarca?
- Brazil /pa.tɾiˈaʁ.kɐ/
- Brazil [pa.tɾiˈah.kɐ]
- Brazil /paˈtɾjaʁ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patriarca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patriarca in Portuguese?
patriarca appears 2.0 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).