terçado
Portuguese, noun/teʁˈsa.du/
terçado is spelled T-E-R-Ç-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 145,565th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terçado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fascine knife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of terçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “facão”.
What does terçado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefascine knife
- 2
Brazilmasculinea large machete
adjective
- 1
composed of three parts
verb
- 1
past participle of terçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. facão
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 terçado
- terçados plural
- terçada feminine
- terçadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terçado?
- Brazil /teʁˈsa.du/
- Brazil [tehˈsa.du]
- /teɾˈsa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is terçado in Portuguese?
terçado appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).