adulterado
Portuguese, adjective/a.duw.teˈɾa.du/
adulterado is spelled A-D-U-L-T-E-R-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adulterado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “bogus (counterfeit or fake; not genuine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of adulterar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enganado”.
What does adulterado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bogus (counterfeit or fake; not genuine)
verb
- 1
past participle of adulterar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. enganado 2. falsificado 3. imitado ilegalmente
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 adulterado
- adulterada feminine
- adulterados masculine plural
- adulteradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adulterado?
- Brazil /a.duw.teˈɾa.du/
- Brazil [a.duʊ̯.teˈɾa.du]
- Portugal /ɐ.dul.tɨˈɾa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adulterado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adulterado in Portuguese?
adulterado appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).