cedo
Portuguese, adverb/ˈse.du/
cedo is spelled C-E-D-O (4 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,045th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cedo is a Portuguese adverb meaning “early (at a time before expected; sooner than usual)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of ceder. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Antes da hora desejada ou costumeira, prematuramente”.
What does cedo mean in English?
adverb
- 1
early (at a time before expected; sooner than usual)
- 2
early (near the start of the day)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of ceder
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Antes da hora desejada ou costumeira, prematuramente; 2. de pronto, prontamente; depressa, rapidamente; de maneira rápida; 3. eventualmente, em algum momento; 4. antes da hora desejada ou costumeira, prematuramente
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.
How do you pronounce cedo?
- Brazil /ˈse.du/
- Portugal /ˈse.du/
- Portugal [ˈse.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 cedo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cedo in Portuguese?
cedo appears 93 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).