abusado
Portuguese, adjective/a.buˈza.du/
abusado is spelled A-B-U-S-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abusado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “cheeky, sassy, impertinent, meddlesome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abusar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que sofreu abuso”.
What does abusado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilinformalcheeky, sassy, impertinent, meddlesome
verb
- 1
past participle of abusar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que sofreu abuso 2. diz-se de pessoa que é intrometida, atrevida ou folgada 3. que causa aborrecimento
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 abusado
- abusada feminine
- abusados masculine plural
- abusadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abusado?
- Brazil /a.buˈza.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.buˈza.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.βuˈza.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is abusado in Portuguese?
abusado appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).