chiado
Portuguese, noun/ʃiˈa.du/
chiado is spelled C-H-I-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a sizzling, hissing, screeching sound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of chiar.
What does chiado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea sizzling, hissing, screeching sound
- 2
masculinesuch sound when associated with technical malfunction in speakers, microphones or similar devices
verb
- 1
past participle of chiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of chiado
- chiados plural
- chiada feminine
- chiadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiado?
- Brazil /ʃiˈa.du/
- Brazil /ˈʃja.du/
- Portugal /ˈʃja.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chiado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chiado in Portuguese?
chiado appears 1.4 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).