principado

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prīncipātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾĩ.siˈpa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾĩ.siˈpa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾĩ.siˈpa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾĩ.siˈpa.du/ [pɾĩ.siˈpa.ðu]

Noun

principado m (plural principados)

1. principality (region headed by a prince or princess)
2. (theology) principality (the fifth level of angels in Christian angelology)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prīncipātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾinθiˈpado/ [pɾĩn̟.θiˈpa.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾinsiˈpado/ [pɾĩn.siˈpa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: prin‧ci‧pa‧do

Noun

principado m (plural principados)

1. principality

Participle

principado (feminine principada, masculine plural principados, feminine plural principadas)

1. past participle of principar

Further reading

• “principado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16