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conhecido

Portuguese, noun/kõ.ɲeˈsi.du/

conhecido is spelled C-O-N-H-E-C-I-D-O (9 letters) and appears 129 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 755th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conhecido is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “acquaintance (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of conhecer. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa com quem se tem algumas relações”.

What does conhecido mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    known

  2. 2

    well-known, famous

noun

  1. 1

    masculineacquaintance (person)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of conhecer

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que muitos conhecem 2. ilustre 3. frequentado

noun: 1. pessoa com quem se tem algumas relações

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 conhecido

  • conhecida feminine
  • conhecidos masculine plural
  • conhecidas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce conhecido?

  • Brazil /kõ.ɲeˈsi.du/
  • Brazil [kõ.j̃eˈsi.du]
  • Portugal /ku.ɲɨˈsi.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 conhecido

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is conhecido in Portuguese?

conhecido appears 129 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).

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