aprisionado
Portuguese, adjective/a.pɾi.zi.oˈna.du/
aprisionado is spelled A-P-R-I-S-I-O-N-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aprisionado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “captive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of aprisionar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preso”.
What does aprisionado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
captive
- 2
arrested
- 3
incarcerated
verb
- 1
past participle of aprisionar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. preso 2. encarcerado 3. cativo 4. submisso
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 aprisionado
- aprisionada feminine
- aprisionados masculine plural
- aprisionadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aprisionado?
- Brazil /a.pɾi.zi.oˈna.du/
- Brazil /a.pɾi.zjoˈna.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.pɾi.zjuˈna.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aprisionado in Portuguese?
aprisionado appears 1.9 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).