avoado
Portuguese, adjective/a.voˈa.du/
avoado is spelled A-V-O-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avoado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “ditzy, silly, scatterbrained” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of avoar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que está ou vive distraído, aéreo; tonto”.
What does avoado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilditzy, silly, scatterbrained
verb
- 1
past participle of avoar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está ou vive distraído, aéreo; tonto 2. que causa confusão, embaraço ao redor; trapalhão 3. imprudente
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 avoado
- avoada feminine
- avoados masculine plural
- avoadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avoado?
- Brazil /a.voˈa.du/
- Portugal /ɐˈvwa.du/
- Portugal [ɐˈvwa.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 avoado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avoado in Portuguese?
avoado appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).