afortunado
Portuguese, noun/a.foʁ.tuˈna.du/
afortunado is spelled A-F-O-R-T-U-N-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 67,344th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afortunado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a fortunate person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does afortunado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
fortunate; auspicious (coming by good luck or favourable chance)
- 2
fortunate; lucky (favourable by good luck)
noun
- 1
masculinea fortunate person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aquele ou aquilo que tem fortuna 2. feliz
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 afortunado
- afortunada feminine
- afortunados masculine plural
- afortunadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afortunado?
- Brazil /a.foʁ.tuˈna.du/
- Brazil [a.foh.tuˈna.du]
- /a.foɾ.tuˈna.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 afortunado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afortunado in Portuguese?
afortunado appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).