adrede
Portuguese, adverb/aˈdɾe.d͡ʒi/
adrede is spelled A-D-R-E-D-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese, the 239,085th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adrede is a Portuguese adverb meaning “on purpose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “com antecipação, previamente”.
What does adrede mean in English?
adverb
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. com antecipação, previamente 2. de propósito, de caso pensado, para o efeito, intencionalmente, expressamente
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 adrede
- adrêde alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adrede?
- Brazil /aˈdɾe.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /ɐˈdɾe.dɨ/
- Portugal [ɐˈðɾe.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is adrede in Portuguese?
adrede appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).