prado

See also: Prado

Galician

Prados ("pastures"), A Fonsagrada, Galicia

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prado, from Latin prātum. Compare Portuguese and Spanish prado and English prairie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾado/ [ˈpɾa.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: Pra‧do

Noun

prado m (plural prados)

1. meadow; pasture

   Synonyms: lama, poulo, pradaría, pradeira, panasco, lamela, camposa, campío, anello, trulleiro, batuqueiro

Derived terms

• pradeira
• Prado
• Prado Vello
• Pradolongo
• Prados
• Praducelo
• Praducelos

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “prado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “prado”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “prado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “prado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “prado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin prātum.

Noun

prado m (plural prados)

1. meadow (an extensive area of grassland)

Descendants

• Galician: prado
• Portuguese: prado

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "prado"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prado, Latin prātum. Compare Galician and Spanish prado and English prairie.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.du/

 

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.du/ [ˈpɾa.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾa.du/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: (most dialects) -adu, (Southern Brazil) -ado
• Hyphenation: pra‧do

Noun

prado m (plural prados)

1. meadow (an extensive area of grassland)

   Synonyms: pradaria, campina

Further reading

• “prado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “prado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Prado (meadow)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin prātum. Related with English prairie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾado/ [ˈpɾa.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: pra‧do

Noun

prado m (plural prados)

1. meadow

   Synonyms: pradera, dehesa

Derived terms

• berro de prado
• mastuerzo de prado
• reina de los prados
• trébol de prado

Related terms

• pradera

See also

• campo
• campiña

Further reading

• “prado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• pardo, podar, podrá