proletariado
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.le.ta.ɾiˈa.du/
proletariado is spelled P-R-O-L-E-T-A-R-I-A-D-O (12 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,255th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proletariado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “proletariat; working class (wage earners taken collectively)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a parcela mais pobre da população”.
What does proletariado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineproletariat; working class (wage earners taken collectively)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a parcela mais pobre da população 2. povo 3. aqueles que possuem apenas a sua própria prole
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 proletariado
- proletariados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proletariado?
- Brazil /pɾo.le.ta.ɾiˈa.du/
- Brazil /pɾo.le.taˈɾja.du/
- Portugal /pɾu.lɨ.tɐˈɾja.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proletariado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proletariado in Portuguese?
proletariado appears 1.7 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).