potestade
Portuguese, noun/po.tesˈta.d͡ʒi/
potestade is spelled P-O-T-E-S-T-A-D-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potestade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “power, strength” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “poder, potência, força”.
What does potestade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepower, strength
- 2
femininepotentate (person who holds power or authority)
- 3
femininedivinity
- 4
femininepower (the angels of the sixth hierarchy)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. poder, potência, força 2. aquele que manda, tem autoridade 3. divindade, ser supremo
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 potestade
- potestades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potestade?
- Brazil /po.tesˈta.d͡ʒi/
- /po.teʃˈta.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /pu.tɨʃˈta.dɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is potestade in Portuguese?
potestade appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).