abestado
Portuguese, noun/a.besˈta.du/
abestado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a stupid person; idiot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abestar.
What does abestado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stupid; idiotic; dumb; retarded
- 2
flabbergasted; shocked; astonished
noun
- 1
masculinea stupid person; idiot
verb
- 1
past participle of abestar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aquele que pratica uma atitude de ampla ingenuidade 2. tolo, leso
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 abestado
- abestada feminine
- abestados masculine plural
- abestadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abestado?
- Brazil /a.besˈta.du/
- /a.beʃˈta.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.bɨʃˈta.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abestado in Portuguese?
abestado appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).