aguçado

/ɐ.ɡu.ˈsa.du/

//ɐ.ɡu.ˈsa.du// adj

The verdict

“aguçado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,755 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,755
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - afiado

Corpus desk

Index PT-agucado · aguçado · Portuguese

aguçado · rank #54,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,755
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aku

Nearest frequency peer: aku (+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 “aguçado”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aguçado
PropertyValue
Headwordaguçado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɐ.ɡu.ˈsa.du/
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,755
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “aguçado” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.aguçadocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “aku” (#54,756), “Adonis” (#54,752), “Adelina” (#54,749). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “aguçado” fica em #54,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aguçado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,755 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɐ.ɡu.ˈsa.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aguçado, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is aguçado, spelled A-G-U-Ç-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    afiado
  2. 2
    perspicaz, sagaz
  3. 3
    alerta; que presta atenção

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sem abandonar as sapatilhas, mas guiados pelo olhar aguçado e moderno de George Balanchine, surge Apollo, com música de Igor Stravinski.
  2. E espera que seus atletas, com faro mais aguçado, não desperdicem chances de gol.

This word in other languages

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 "aguçado"?
"aguçado" is spelled A-G-U-Ç-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ɡu.ˈsa.du/.
What does "aguçado" mean?
As an adjective, "aguçado" means: afiado
How do you pronounce "aguçado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aguçado" is /ɐ.ɡu.ˈsa.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list