patronato
Portuguese, noun/pa.tɾoˈna.tu/
patronato is spelled P-A-T-R-O-N-A-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patronato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “patronage (the act of providing approval and support)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does patronato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepatronage (the act of providing approval and support)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of patronato
- patronatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patronato?
- Brazil /pa.tɾoˈna.tu/
- Portugal /pɐ.tɾuˈna.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to patronato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is patronato in Portuguese?
patronato appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).