patriarcado
Portuguese, noun/pa.tɾi.aʁˈka.du/
patriarcado is spelled P-A-T-R-I-A-R-C-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,882nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patriarcado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “patriarchy (social system in which the father is head of the household)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sistema de pensamento onde o masculino tem preeminência sobre a feminidade”.
What does patriarcado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepatriarchy (social system in which the father is head of the household)
- 2
masculinepatriarchate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sistema de pensamento onde o masculino tem preeminência sobre a feminidade 2. sistema onde lider familiar é o homem mais velho
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 patriarcado
- patriarcados plural
- patriarchado alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patriarcado?
- Brazil /pa.tɾi.aʁˈka.du/
- Brazil [pa.tɾi.ahˈka.du]
- Brazil /pa.tɾjaʁˈka.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patriarcado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patriarcado in Portuguese?
patriarcado appears 1.7 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).