abnegado
Portuguese, adjective/a.bi.neˈɡa.du/
abnegado is spelled A-B-N-E-G-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 96,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abnegado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “selfless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abnegar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desprendido de outros interesses”.
What does abnegado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
selfless
verb
- 1
past participle of abnegar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. desprendido de outros interesses
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 abnegado
- abnegada feminine
- abnegados masculine plural
- abnegadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abnegado?
- Brazil /a.bi.neˈɡa.du/
- Brazil /ab.neˈɡa.du/
- Portugal /ɐb.nɨˈɡa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abnegado in Portuguese?
abnegado appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).