quadro
Portuguese, noun/ˈkwa.dɾu/
quadro is spelled Q-U-A-D-R-O (6 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,967th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quadro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “painting; picture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of quadrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espaço limitado por quatro lados iguais; quadrado; caixilho”.
What does quadro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepainting; picture
- 2
masculinesquare
- 3
masculinerigid, generally rectangular mounting for a painting
- 4
masculinebicycle frame
- 5
masculinedivision of time on a multimedia timeline
- 6
masculinedescription; outline
- 7
masculineboard, e.g. blackboard, chalkboard, whiteboard
- 8
masculinescene (part of an theater act)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of quadrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espaço limitado por quatro lados iguais; quadrado; caixilho 2. painel emoldurado 3. obra de pintura ou desenho; panorama 4. estrutura metálica de velocípedes e motociclos
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 quadro
- quadros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quadro?
- Brazil /ˈkwa.dɾu/
- Portugal /ˈkwa.dɾu/
- Portugal [ˈkwa.ðɾu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quadro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quadro in Portuguese?
quadro appears 48 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).