principado
Portuguese, noun/pɾĩ.siˈpa.du/
principado is spelled P-R-I-N-C-I-P-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,230th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Principado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “principality (region headed by a prince or princess)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado soberano governado por um monarca com título de príncipe ou princesa”.
What does principado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprincipality (region headed by a prince or princess)
- 2
masculineprincipality (the fifth level of angels in Christian angelology)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estado soberano governado por um monarca com título de príncipe ou princesa.
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 principado
- principados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce principado?
- Brazil /pɾĩ.siˈpa.du/
- Portugal /pɾĩ.siˈpa.du/
- Portugal [pɾĩ.siˈpa.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 principado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is principado in Portuguese?
principado 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).