abobado
Portuguese, noun/a.boˈba.du/
abobado is spelled A-B-O-B-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abobado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fool, idiot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abobar.
What does abobado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
derogatoryfoolish, idiotic
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinefool, idiot
verb
- 1
past participle of abobar
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of abobadar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é ou se faz de bobo 2. atoleimado; amalucado
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 abobado
- abobada feminine
- abobados masculine plural
- abobadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abobado?
- Brazil /a.boˈba.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.buˈba.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.βuˈβa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abobado in Portuguese?
abobado appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).