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sede

Portuguese, noun

sede is spelled S-E-D-E (4 letters) and appears 87 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,113th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sede is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “thirst (feeling the need to drink something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person plural imperative of ser. With an accent, sêde is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “local onde funciona uma organização”.

What does sede mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininethirst (feeling the need to drink something)

    Não tenho sede.

  2. 2

    femininethirst; craving (eager desire)

    Sede de vingança.

noun

  1. 1

    feminineheadquarters; seat (a building, office or place that serves as the centre of an organisation’s administration)

    A sede da Comissão Europeia é em Bruxelas.

  2. 2

    femininesee; diocese (domain under a bishop’s jurisdiction)

  3. 3

    femininevenue; host (a building or place where a given event is held)

    Londres foi a sede dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2012.

verb

  1. 1

    second-person plural imperative of ser

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

noun

as sêde
  1. 1

    femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of sede

verb

as sêde
  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of sede

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. local onde funciona uma organização 2. local onde acontece um evento 3. sensação causada pela necessidade de beber 4. desejo intenso:

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 sede

  • sedes plural
  • sêde alternative
  • sêdes plural

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

English words that translate to sede

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

How common is sede in Portuguese?

sede appears 87 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).

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