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voivoda

Portuguese, noun

voivoda is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “voivode (a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em países eslavos, referia-se a um comandante militar, passando a designar o governador de uma província”.

What does voivoda mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinevoivode (a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. em países eslavos, referia-se a um comandante militar, passando a designar o governador de uma província 2. nome de um cargo administrativo na atual Polônia

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 voivoda

  • voivodas plural

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

English words that translate to voivoda

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