aluado
Portuguese, adjective/a.luˈa.du/
aluado is spelled A-L-U-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aluado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “lunatic (especially when influenced by the moon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of aluar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que é influenciado pela Lua; lunático”.
What does aluado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lunatic (especially when influenced by the moon)
- 2
distracted
verb
- 1
past participle of aluar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é influenciado pela Lua; lunático 2. que tem acessos de loucura; adoidado 3. que está em período de cio 4. estouvado
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 aluado
- aluada feminine
- aluados masculine plural
- aluadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aluado?
- Brazil /a.luˈa.du/
- Brazil /aˈlwa.du/
- Portugal /ɐˈlwa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aluado in Portuguese?
aluado appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).