apontado
Portuguese, adjective/a.põˈta.du/
apontado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “correct, right, aligned, careful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of apontar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “guarnecido de pontas”.
What does apontado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obsoletecorrect, right, aligned, careful
verb
- 1
past participle of apontar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. guarnecido de pontas 2. que tem ponta 3. indicado 4. lembrado
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 apontado
- apontada feminine
- apontados masculine plural
- apontadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apontado?
- Brazil /a.põˈta.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.põˈta.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.põˈta.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 apontado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apontado in Portuguese?
apontado appears 8.1 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).