prelúdio
Portuguese, noun/pɾeˈlu.d͡ʒju/
prelúdio is spelled P-R-E-L-Ú-D-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 33,746th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prelúdio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “preface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um prefácio”.
What does prelúdio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepreface
- 2
masculineprelude
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um prefácio 2. uma apresentação ou um evento introdutório ou preliminar 3. um pequeno trecho de música que funciona como uma introdução para uma peça maior
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 prelúdio
- prelúdios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prelúdio?
- Brazil /pɾeˈlu.d͡ʒju/
- Portugal /pɾɨˈlu.dju/
- Portugal [pɾɨˈlu.ðju]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prelúdio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prelúdio in Portuguese?
prelúdio appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).