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atarracado

Portuguese, adjective/a.ta.ʁaˈka.du/

atarracado is spelled A-T-A-R-R-A-C-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 102,716th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atarracado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “stubby, chubby” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of atarracar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “baixo e grosso”.

What does atarracado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    stubby, chubby

  2. 2

    tight, narrow, squeezed

  3. 3

    unelegant, gauche

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of atarracar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. baixo e grosso 2. atulhado

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 atarracado

  • atarracada feminine
  • atarracados masculine plural
  • atarracadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce atarracado?

  • Brazil /a.ta.ʁaˈka.du/
  • Brazil [a.ta.haˈka.du]
  • /a.ta.ʁaˈka.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 atarracado

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

How common is atarracado in Portuguese?

atarracado appears about once in every 11 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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