assustado
Portuguese, adjective/a.susˈta.du/
assustado is spelled A-S-S-U-S-T-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,197th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assustado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “shy, timid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of assustar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tímido”.
What does assustado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shy, timid
- 2
fearful, frightened, afraid, scared
verb
- 1
past participle of assustar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. tímido 2. medroso 3. receoso 4. vacilante
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 assustado
- assustada feminine
- assustados masculine plural
- assustadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce assustado?
- Brazil /a.susˈta.du/
- /a.suʃˈta.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.suʃˈta.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to assustado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is assustado in Portuguese?
assustado appears 5.0 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).