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apinhado

Portuguese, adjective/a.pĩˈɲa.du/

apinhado is spelled A-P-I-N-H-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apinhado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “crowded; full” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of apinhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “amontoado, aglomerado”.

What does apinhado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    crowded; full

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of apinhar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. amontoado, aglomerado

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 apinhado

  • apinhada feminine
  • apinhados masculine plural
  • apinhadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce apinhado?

  • Brazil /a.pĩˈɲa.du/
  • Brazil [a.pĩˈj̃a.du]
  • Portugal /ɐ.piˈɲa.du/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is apinhado in Portuguese?

apinhado appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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