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poderoso

Portuguese, adjective/po.deˈɾo.zu/

poderoso is spelled P-O-D-E-R-O-S-O (8 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poderoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “powerful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que possui muito poder”.

What does poderoso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    powerful

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que possui muito poder

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 poderoso

  • poderosa feminine
  • poderosos masculine plural
  • poderosas feminine plural
  • mais poderoso comparative
  • o mais poderoso superlative
  • poderosíssimo superlative
  • metaphonic superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce poderoso?

  • Brazil /po.deˈɾo.zu/
  • Portugal /pu.dɨˈɾo.zu/
  • Portugal [pu.ðɨˈɾo.zu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to poderoso

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is poderoso in Portuguese?

poderoso appears 28 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).

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