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primado

Portuguese, noun/pɾiˈma.du/

primado is spelled P-R-I-M-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 55,453rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Primado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “primacy (the state or condition of being prime or first)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “primazia; prioridade”.

What does primado mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineprimacy (the state or condition of being prime or first)

  2. 2

    masculineprimate (an archbishop or bishop)

  3. 3

    masculineprimacy (the office, rank, or character of a primate)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. primazia; prioridade

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 primado

  • primados plural

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

How do you pronounce primado?

  • Brazil /pɾiˈma.du/
  • Portugal /pɾiˈma.du/
  • Portugal [pɾiˈma.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 primado

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

How common is primado in Portuguese?

primado appears about once in every 3 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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