arraigado
Portuguese, adjective/a.ʁajˈɡa.du/
arraigado is spelled A-R-R-A-I-G-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arraigado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “rooted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of arraigar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “radicado; que se conseguiu estabelecer ou fixar”.
What does arraigado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
rooted
verb
- 1
past participle of arraigar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. radicado; que se conseguiu estabelecer ou fixar 2. que se estabeleceu ou se fixou na memória, nos costumes ou na cultura de uma sociedade, de um povo ou de um indivíduo 3. obstinado; que mantém uma mesma ideia, opinião ou hábito 4. enraizado; que criou ou lançou raízes
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 arraigado
- arraigada feminine
- arraigados masculine plural
- arraigadas feminine plural
- arreigado alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arraigado?
- Brazil /a.ʁajˈɡa.du/
- Brazil [a.haɪ̯ˈɡa.du]
- /a.ʁajˈɡa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arraigado in Portuguese?
arraigado appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).