servidão
Portuguese, noun/seʁ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/
servidão is spelled S-E-R-V-I-D-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Servidão is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “serfdom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “condição de servo”.
What does servidão mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineserfdom
- 2
feminineservitude
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. condição de servo 2. regime de trabalho vigente na Idade Média, no qual o servo trabalha para seu senhor, a quem deve obrigações feudais (taxas, serviços, etc)
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 servidão
- servidões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce servidão?
- Brazil /seʁ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [seɦ.viˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /seɾ.viˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to servidão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is servidão in Portuguese?
servidão appears 2.3 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).