acusado
Portuguese, noun/a.kuˈza.du/
acusado is spelled A-C-U-S-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,936th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acusado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “accused” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of acusar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele a quem se acusa de alguma coisa”.
What does acusado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
accused
noun
- 1
masculineaccused
verb
- 1
past participle of acusar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que sofreu acusação; incriminado, acoimado 2. denunciado, revelado 3. declarado, confessado 4. muito pronunciado; acentuado, realçado
noun: 1. aquele a quem se acusa de alguma coisa 2. réu em processo-crime
noun: 1. jogo infantil, espécie de pique em que o pegador, ao descobrir o esconderijo de algum companheiro, o acusa, gritando: "Acusado Fulano (em tal lugar)", e o acusado foge para o pique, perseguido pelo acusador
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 acusado
- acusada feminine
- acusados masculine plural
- acusadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acusado?
- Brazil /a.kuˈza.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.kuˈza.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.kuˈza.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 acusado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acusado in Portuguese?
acusado appears 30 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).