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atabalhoado

Portuguese, adjective/a.ta.ba.ʎoˈa.du/

atabalhoado is spelled A-T-A-B-A-L-H-O-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written Portuguese, the 218,398th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atabalhoado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “haphazard (random, chaotic, incomplete)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apressado”.

What does atabalhoado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    haphazard (random, chaotic, incomplete)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. apressado 2. atrapalhado

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 atabalhoado

  • atabalhoada feminine
  • atabalhoados masculine plural
  • atabalhoadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce atabalhoado?

  • Brazil /a.ta.ba.ʎoˈa.du/
  • Brazil /a.ta.ba.ʎuˈa.du/
  • Brazil /a.ta.baˈʎwa.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 atabalhoado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is atabalhoado in Portuguese?

atabalhoado appears about once in every 62 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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