abrigado
Portuguese, adjective/a.bɾiˈɡa.du/
abrigado is spelled A-B-R-I-G-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,864th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abrigado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “sheltered (protected from the wind and weather)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abrigar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se pôde abrigar”.
What does abrigado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sheltered (protected from the wind and weather)
Me escondi da tempestade numa parte abrigada da escarpa.
verb
- 1
past participle of abrigar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se pôde abrigar 2. que se encontra em abrigo 3. que está protegido 4. que não contém ou ocasiona perigos
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 abrigado
- abrigada feminine
- abrigados masculine plural
- abrigadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abrigado?
- Brazil /a.bɾiˈɡa.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.bɾiˈɡa.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.βɾiˈɣa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abrigado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abrigado in Portuguese?
abrigado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).