baptizado
Portuguese, noun
baptizado is spelled B-A-P-T-I-Z-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baptizado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batizado; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of baptizar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cerimónia de administração do baptismo”.
What does baptizado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batizado; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of batizado; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
past participle of baptizar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cerimónia de administração do baptismo 2. festim ou cortejo para celebrar o baptismo
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 baptizado
- baptizada feminine
- baptizados masculine plural
- baptizadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is baptizado in Portuguese?
baptizado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).