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bandido

Portuguese, noun/bɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi.du/

bandido is spelled B-A-N-D-I-D-O (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bandido is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bandit, thug, criminal, outlaw (person who engages in unlawful behavior)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo que comete crimes”.

What does bandido mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebandit, thug, criminal, outlaw (person who engages in unlawful behavior)

  2. 2

    masculinescamp, rascal (bad person)

adjective

  1. 1

    Brazilinformaldeceitful, treacherous

    mulher bandida

  2. 2

    Brazilinformalcausing suffering; harmful

    amor bandido

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que tem qualquer uma das características atribuíveis aos bandidos (acp. 1 e 2) 2. que se bandiu; banido, desterrado

noun: 1. indivíduo que comete crimes 2. pessoa sem caráter, de maus sentimentos

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 bandido

  • bandidos plural
  • bandida feminine
  • bandidas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce bandido?

  • Brazil /bɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi.du/
  • Portugal /bɐ̃ˈdi.du/
  • Portugal [bɐ̃ˈdi.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 bandido

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

How common is bandido in Portuguese?

bandido appears 13 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).

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