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alongado

Portuguese, adjective/a.lõˈɡa.du/

alongado is spelled A-L-O-N-G-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alongado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “elongated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of alongar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estendido, esticado”.

What does alongado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    elongated

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of alongar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. estendido, esticado 2. dilatado, encompridado 3. demorado, delongado 4. apartado, afastado

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 alongado

  • alongada feminine
  • alongados masculine plural
  • alongadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce alongado?

  • Brazil /a.lõˈɡa.du/
  • Portugal /ɐ.lõˈɡa.du/
  • Portugal [ɐ.lõˈɡa.ðu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to alongado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is alongado in Portuguese?

alongado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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