criado
Portuguese, noun/kɾiˈa.du/
criado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “servant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of criar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homem ou rapaz contratado para trabalhos domésticos”.
What does criado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineservant
verb
- 1
past participle of criar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. homem ou rapaz contratado para trabalhos domésticos
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 criado
- criados plural
- criada feminine
- criadas feminine plural
- creado alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criado?
- Brazil /kɾiˈa.du/
- Brazil /ˈkɾja.du/
- Portugal /kɾiˈa.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 criado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criado in Portuguese?
criado appears 87 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).