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ardido

Portuguese, adjective/aʁˈd͡ʒi.du/

ardido is spelled A-R-D-I-D-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ardido is a Portuguese adjective meaning “spicy, hot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of arder. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “queimado”.

What does ardido mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    spicy, hot

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of arder

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. queimado 2. fermentado 3. corajoso 4. valente

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 ardido

  • ardida feminine
  • ardidos masculine plural
  • ardidas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce ardido?

  • Brazil /aʁˈd͡ʒi.du/
  • Brazil [aɦˈd͡ʒi.du]
  • /aɾˈd͡ʒi.du/

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

How common is ardido in Portuguese?

ardido appears about once in every 4 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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