povoado
Portuguese, noun/po.voˈa.du/
povoado is spelled P-O-V-O-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,752nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Povoado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hamlet, thorp, village” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of povoar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “povoação; aldeia; local habitado”.
What does povoado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
having a high population density
noun
- 1
masculinehamlet, thorp, village
verb
- 1
past participle of povoar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. povoação; aldeia; local habitado
adjective: 1. habitado ou frequentado por gente
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 povoado
- povoada feminine
- povoados masculine plural
- povoadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce povoado?
- Brazil /po.voˈa.du/
- Portugal /puˈvwa.du/
- Portugal [puˈvwa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to povoado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is povoado in Portuguese?
povoado appears 11 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).