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prato

Portuguese, noun/ˈpɾa.tu/

prato is spelled P-R-A-T-O (5 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,385th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prato is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a flat dish from which food is served or eaten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vasilha, normalmente de louça ou metal, em que se come ou se serve comida”.

What does prato mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea flat dish from which food is served or eaten

  2. 2

    masculinea course at a meal

  3. 3

    masculinecymbal

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. vasilha, normalmente de louça ou metal, em que se come ou se serve comida 2. cada uma das iguarias que constituem uma refeição 3. peça de maquinismos com a forma de prato¹ 4. normalmente no plural, instrumento musical de percussão metálico em forma de prato¹

noun: 1. comuna italiana da região da Toscana

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 prato

  • pratos plural

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

How do you pronounce prato?

  • Brazil /ˈpɾa.tu/
  • Portugal /ˈpɾa.tu/

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

English words that translate to prato

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

How common is prato in Portuguese?

prato appears 26 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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