contraído
Portuguese, adjective/kõ.tɾaˈi.du/
contraído is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-Í-D-O (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contraído is a Portuguese adjective meaning “contracted (made smaller by contraction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of contrair. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “encurtado, diminuído”.
What does contraído mean in English?
adjective
- 1
contracted (made smaller by contraction)
verb
- 1
past participle of contrair
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. encurtado, diminuído 2. apertado 3. que sofreu contração
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 contraído
- contraída feminine
- contraídos masculine plural
- contraídas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contraído?
- Brazil /kõ.tɾaˈi.du/
- Portugal /kõ.tɾɐˈi.du/
- Portugal [kõ.tɾɐˈi.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is contraído in Portuguese?
contraído appears 1.1 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).