clandestino
Portuguese, noun/klɐ̃.desˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
clandestino is spelled C-L-A-N-D-E-S-T-I-N-O (11 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,941st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clandestino is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stowaway” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “passageiro que viaja escondido numa embarcação”.
What does clandestino mean in English?
adjective
- 1
clandestine (done or kept in secret)
- 2
illicit
noun
- 1
masculinestowaway
- 2
masculineillegal immigrant
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. feito às escondidas, na maioria das vezes, por ser ilícito, proibido 2. diz-se de passageiro que viaja escondido numa embarcação
noun: 1. passageiro que viaja escondido numa embarcação
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 clandestino
- clandestina feminine
- clandestinos masculine plural
- clandestinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clandestino?
- Brazil /klɐ̃.desˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
- /klɐ̃.deʃˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
- Portugal /klɐ̃.dɨʃˈti.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clandestino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clandestino in Portuguese?
clandestino appears 2.4 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).