atacado
Portuguese, noun/a.taˈka.du/
atacado is spelled A-T-A-C-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,076th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atacado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “wholesale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of atacar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma de comércio em grande quantidade, por grosso, por junto”.
What does atacado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
attacked, assaulted
- 2
Brazilnervous
noun
- 1
masculinewholesale
verb
- 1
past participle of atacar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. atado com atacador 2. vítima de ataque; assaltado 3. demasiado cheio; atestado
noun: 1. forma de comércio em grande quantidade, por grosso, por junto 2. área de trabalho do atacadista
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 atacado
- atacada feminine
- atacados masculine plural
- atacadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atacado?
- Brazil /a.taˈka.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.tɐˈka.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.tɐˈka.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atacado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atacado in Portuguese?
atacado appears 16 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).