ardiloso
Portuguese, adjective/aʁ.d͡ʒiˈlo.zu/
ardiloso is spelled A-R-D-I-L-O-S-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ardiloso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “cunning; guileful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que faz uso de ardis; astuto, sagaz”.
What does ardiloso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cunning; guileful
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aquele que faz uso de ardis; astuto, sagaz
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 ardiloso
- ardilosa feminine
- ardilosos masculine plural
- ardilosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ardiloso?
- Brazil /aʁ.d͡ʒiˈlo.zu/
- Brazil [aɦ.d͡ʒiˈlo.zu]
- /aɾ.d͡ʒiˈlo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ardiloso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ardiloso in Portuguese?
ardiloso 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).