contestado
Portuguese, adjective/kõ.tesˈta.du/
contestado is spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contestado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “contested, contradicted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of contestar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “respondido”.
What does contestado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
contested, contradicted
verb
- 1
past participle of contestar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. respondido 2. contraditado 3. contrariado
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 contestado
- contestada feminine
- contestados masculine plural
- contestadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contestado?
- Brazil /kõ.tesˈta.du/
- /kõ.teʃˈta.du/
- Portugal /kõ.tɨʃˈta.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contestado in Portuguese?
contestado appears 1.8 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).