cidadão

Meaning

  1. (masculine) citizen
  2. (masculine) citizen
  3. (informal,masculine) individual, person

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
ci‧da‧dão
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/si.daˈdɐ̃w̃/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cidadão. By surface analysis, cidade (“city”) + -ão (“-an”). Compare Galician cidadán and Spanish ciudadano.

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A
 Direcção-Geral  da   Justiça   facilita   a
  abordagem   do   cidadão   à   justiça .

The Directorate-General for Justice facilitates the citizen's approach to justice.

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