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cegada

Portuguese, noun/seˈɡa.dɐ/

cegada is spelled C-E-G-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 145,565th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cegada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a group of blind people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of cegado.

What does cegada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininea group of blind people

  2. 2

    feminineinformalmess

noun

  1. 1

    feminineact of blinding

    O dinheiro deu uma cegada nele.

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of cegado

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

Forms of cegada

  • cegadas plural

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

How do you pronounce cegada?

  • Brazil /seˈɡa.dɐ/
  • Portugal /sɛˈɡa.dɐ/
  • Portugal [sɛˈɣa.ðɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is cegada in Portuguese?

cegada appears about once in every 25 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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