calejado
Portuguese, adjective/ka.leˈʒa.du/
calejado is spelled C-A-L-E-J-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calejado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “callous (having calli)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of calejar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem calos, calosidades”.
What does calejado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
callous (having calli)
- 2
jaded; hardened (cynically insensitive; made callous by experience)
verb
- 1
past participle of calejar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem calos, calosidades 2. que tem experiência, prática; experimentado 3. que se tornou endurecido, pouco sensível; empedernido
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 calejado
- calejada feminine
- calejados masculine plural
- calejadas feminine plural
- callejado alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calejado?
- Brazil /ka.leˈʒa.du/
- Portugal /kɐ.lɨˈʒa.du/
- Portugal [kɐ.lɨˈʒa.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 calejado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calejado in Portuguese?
calejado appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).