antigo
Portuguese, adjective/ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/
antigo is spelled A-N-T-I-G-O (6 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,242nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antigo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “ancient (related to ancient times)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de épocas passadas”.
What does antigo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ancient (related to ancient times)
Grécia Antiga
- 2
old (less often of people)
um filme antigo
- 3
former
o antigo dono
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de épocas passadas 2. velho, vetusto 3. que já não está em exercício da sua função ou cargo:
noun: 1. antiguidades (objetos de origem velha ou de características ultrapassadas por outros)
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 antigo
- antiga feminine
- antigos masculine plural
- antigas feminine plural
- antíguo alternative archaic
- antiguo alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antigo?
- Brazil /ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/
- Portugal /ɐ̃ˈti.ɡu/
- Portugal [ɐ̃ˈti.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to antigo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is antigo in Portuguese?
antigo appears 78 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).