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cozido

Portuguese, noun/koˈzi.du/

cozido is spelled C-O-Z-I-D-O (6 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cozido is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “stew (dish cooked by stewing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of cozer. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prato composto de carnes, arroz, batatas e hortaliças, tudo cozido”.

What does cozido mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    cooked (that has been prepared by cooking)

  2. 2

    fermented and purified; ready to be drunk

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestew (dish cooked by stewing)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of cozer

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. preparado pela cozedura 2. diz-se do vinho que já fermentou 3. embriagado, bêbado, chumbado:

noun: 1. prato composto de carnes, arroz, batatas e hortaliças, tudo cozido

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 cozido

  • cozida feminine
  • cozidos masculine plural
  • cozidas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce cozido?

  • Brazil /koˈzi.du/
  • Brazil /kuˈzi.du/
  • Portugal /kuˈzi.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 cozido

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

How common is cozido in Portuguese?

cozido appears 3.7 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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