amado
Portuguese, noun/aˈma.du/
amado is spelled A-M-A-D-O (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “beloved” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of amar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem a quem se tem amor”.
What does amado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
beloved
noun
- 1
masculinebeloved
verb
- 1
past participle of amar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. a quem se tem amor 2. muito querido
noun: 1. homem a quem se tem amor 2. namorado
noun: 1. prenome masculino
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 amado
- amada feminine
- amados masculine plural
- amadas feminine plural
- mais amado comparative
- o mais amado superlative
- amadíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amado?
- Brazil /aˈma.du/
- Portugal /ɐˈma.du/
- Portugal [ɐˈma.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 amado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amado in Portuguese?
amado appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).