adequado
Portuguese, adjective/a.deˈkwa.du/
adequado is spelled A-D-E-Q-U-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,707th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adequado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “adequate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of adequar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apropriado”.
What does adequado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
adequate
- 2
suitable, appropriate
verb
- 1
past participle of adequar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. apropriado 2. acomodado 3. oportuno
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 adequado
- adequada feminine
- adequados masculine plural
- adequadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adequado?
- Brazil /a.deˈkwa.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.dɨˈkwa.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.ðɨˈkwa.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 adequado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adequado in Portuguese?
adequado appears 17 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).