pedagogo
Portuguese, noun/pe.daˈɡo.ɡu/
pedagogo is spelled P-E-D-A-G-O-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedagogo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pedagogue (teacher or instructor of children)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mestre de crianças”.
What does pedagogo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepedagogue (teacher or instructor of children)
- 2
masculinepedagogue (slave who led the master’s children to school)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. escravo que na Antiguidade acompanhava as crianças às escolas 2. mestre de crianças 3. aquele que exerce a pedagogia ou que se ocupa dos métodos de educar e ensinar
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 pedagogo
- pedagogos plural
- pedagoga feminine
- pedagogas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pedagogo?
- Brazil /pe.daˈɡo.ɡu/
- Portugal /pɨ.dɐˈɡo.ɡu/
- Portugal [pɨ.ðɐˈɣo.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pedagogo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pedagogo in Portuguese?
pedagogo 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).