aparado
Portuguese, adjective/a.paˈɾa.du/
aparado is spelled A-P-A-R-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aparado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “cut, trimmed, hacked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of aparar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que recebeu aparagem ou aparadela; cortado”.
What does aparado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cut, trimmed, hacked
verb
- 1
past participle of aparar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que recebeu aparagem ou aparadela; cortado 2. retido, segurado, pego 3. alisado, aplainado 4. depilado
noun: 1. ponto terminal, abrupto, de uma serra 2. o primeiro café matinal aparado no coador. Toma-se puro, sem acompanhamento ou mistura
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 aparado
- aparada feminine
- aparados masculine plural
- aparadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aparado?
- Brazil /a.paˈɾa.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.pɐˈɾa.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.pɐˈɾa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aparado in Portuguese?
aparado appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).