aguado

/a.ˈɡwa.du/

//a.ˈɡwa.du// adj

The verdict

“aguado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,917 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,917
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diluído em muita água

Corpus desk

Index PT-aguado · aguado · Portuguese

aguado · rank #55,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,917
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH agravante

Nearest frequency peer: agravante (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “aguado”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “aguado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aguado
PropertyValue
Headwordaguado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/a.ˈɡwa.du/
Letters6
Frequency rank#55,917
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “aguado” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).aguadocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “agravante” (#55,916), “aglomerar” (#55,914), “aerodinâmico” (#55,912). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “aguado” fica em #55,917. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aguado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,917 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /a.ˈɡwa.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for aguado in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is aguado, spelled A-G-U-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    diluído em muita água
  2. 2
    pouco ou nada moreno, sem sal, sem graça

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aguado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Esse suco está muito aguado, pior nunca se viu, a água do aquário deve estar mais gostosa, aguado e sem açucar ainda por cima, meu fígado de Zeca Pagodinho parou de funcionar por causa desse suco.
  2. Não chame ela de loira aguada criatura! Eu vou falar tudo para a nossa mãe quando chegarmos em casa.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aguado"?
"aguado" is spelled A-G-U-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /a.ˈɡwa.du/.
What does "aguado" mean?
As an adjective, "aguado" means: diluído em muita água
How do you pronounce "aguado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aguado" is /a.ˈɡwa.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aguado" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aguado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list