adulto
Portuguese, noun/aˈduw.tu/
adulto is spelled A-D-U-L-T-O (6 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,671st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adulto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “adult” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo adulto”.
What does adulto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
adult, grown-up
noun
- 1
masculineadult
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se do ser vivo que atingiu a maturidade do desenvolvimento fisiológico, intelectual e/ou emocional (no caso do ser humano, em torno dos vinte anos de idade) 2. diz-se do indivíduo que atingiu a maioridade definida de alguma forma, seja cultural, religiosa, legal etc.
noun: 1. indivíduo adulto
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 adulto
- adulta feminine
- adultos masculine plural
- adultas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adulto?
- Brazil /aˈduw.tu/
- Brazil [aˈduʊ̯.tu]
- Portugal /ɐˈdul.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adulto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adulto in Portuguese?
adulto appears 23 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).