antepassado
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃.te.paˈsa.du/
antepassado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ancestor, forefather, primogenitor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of antepassar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa da qual se é descendente”.
What does antepassado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineancestor, forefather, primogenitor
verb
- 1
past participle of antepassar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que passou antes 2. ascendente
noun: 1. pessoa da qual se é descendente
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 antepassado
- antepassados plural
- antepassada feminine
- antepassadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antepassado?
- Brazil /ɐ̃.te.paˈsa.du/
- Portugal /ɐ̃.tɨ.pɐˈsa.du/
- Portugal [ɐ̃.tɨ.pɐˈsa.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 antepassado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is antepassado in Portuguese?
antepassado appears 1.0 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).