povoador
Portuguese, noun/po.vo.aˈdoʁ/
povoador is spelled P-O-V-O-A-D-O-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese, the 195,116th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Povoador is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “settler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o qual povoa ou funda uma povoação”.
What does povoador mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesettler
- 2
masculinecolonist
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. o que povoa ou funda uma povoação
noun: 1. o qual povoa ou funda uma povoação 2. o qual migra para cultivar ou explorar outras terras
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 povoador
- povoadores plural
- povoadora feminine
- povoadoras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce povoador?
- Brazil /po.vo.aˈdoʁ/
- Brazil [po.vo.aˈdoh]
- /po.vo.aˈdoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is povoador in Portuguese?
povoador appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).