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prelado

Portuguese, noun/pɾeˈla.du/

prelado is spelled P-R-E-L-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prelado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “prelate (a clergyman of high rank and authority)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “título honorífico de dignitário eclesiástico; bispo; abade mitrado”.

What does prelado mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineprelate (a clergyman of high rank and authority)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. título honorífico de dignitário eclesiástico; bispo; abade mitrado

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 prelado

  • prelados plural

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

How do you pronounce prelado?

  • Brazil /pɾeˈla.du/
  • Portugal /pɾɨˈla.du/
  • Portugal [pɾɨˈla.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 prelado

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

How common is prelado in Portuguese?

prelado appears about once in every 2 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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