atentado
Portuguese, noun/a.tẽˈta.du/
atentado is spelled A-T-E-N-T-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,991st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atentado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “outrage, violent offence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of atentar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação criminosa”.
What does atentado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
thoughtful
- 2
cautious
- 3
alert
- 4
Brazilcolloquialmischievous
- 5
anguished
noun
- 1
masculineoutrage, violent offence
- 2
masculineattack (illegal act of violence toward another)
verb
- 1
past participle of atentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem tento
noun: 1. ação criminosa 2. ofensa às leis ou à moral
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 atentado
- atentada feminine
- atentados masculine plural
- atentadas feminine plural
- mais atentado comparative
- o mais atentado superlative
- atentadíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atentado?
- Brazil /a.tẽˈta.du/
- Portugal /ɐ.tẽˈta.du/
- Portugal [ɐ.tẽˈta.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 atentado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atentado in Portuguese?
atentado appears 11 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).