valado
Portuguese, noun/vaˈla.du/
valado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ditch, hedge or bank surrounding a property” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “valo de terra e vegetação”.
What does valado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineditch, hedge or bank surrounding a property
- 2
masculineproperty surrounded by a ditch, hedge or bank
adjective
- 1
surrounded by a ditch, hedge or bank
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está cercado por uma vala
noun: 1. valo de terra e vegetação
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 valado
- valados plural
- valada feminine
- valadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce valado?
- Brazil /vaˈla.du/
- Portugal /vɐˈla.du/
- Portugal [vɐˈla.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is valado in Portuguese?
valado appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).