Estado

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === estado (proscribed) === Etymology === Capitalization of estado, possibly influenced by French État. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -adu Hyphenation: Es‧ta‧do Homophone: estado === Proper noun === Estado m (politics) State (a current governing polity, country, city-state, or community) ==== Related terms ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === estado (proscribed) === Etymology === Capitalization of estado. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈtado/ [esˈt̪a.ð̞o] Rhymes: -ado Syllabification: Es‧ta‧do Homophone: estado === Proper noun === Estado m state (any sovereign polity) Synonym: Administración ==== Derived terms ====