cabeludo
Portuguese, adjective/ka.beˈlu.du/
cabeludo is spelled C-A-B-E-L-U-D-O (8 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,222nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cabeludo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “hairy, long-haired (having a lot of hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem muito cabelo, de cabelo comprido”.
What does cabeludo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hairy, long-haired (having a lot of hair)
- 2
furry
- 3
Brazilcolloquialhairy (difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating)
problema cabeludo
- 4
Brazilcolloquialexaggerated; far-fetched
- 5
Brazilcolloquialimmoral
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem muito cabelo, de cabelo comprido 2. peludo 3. difícil, complexo, intrincado 4. obsceno, picante, grosseiro, imoral
noun: 1. cabeluda, mirtácea do Sudeste do Brasil da espécie Plinia glomerata 2. lagarta de pilosidade comprida 3. parauacu, macaco amazônico do género Pithecia
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 cabeludo
- cabeluda feminine
- cabeludos masculine plural
- cabeludas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cabeludo?
- Brazil /ka.beˈlu.du/
- Portugal /kɐ.bɨˈlu.du/
- Portugal [kɐ.βɨˈlu.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cabeludo in Portuguese?
cabeludo appears 2.3 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).