dentado
Portuguese, adjective/dẽˈta.du/
dentado is spelled D-E-N-T-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 120,815th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dentado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “toothed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of dentar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cheio de dentes”.
What does dentado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
toothed
verb
- 1
past participle of dentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. cheio de dentes
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 dentado
- dentada feminine
- dentados masculine plural
- dentadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dentado?
- Brazil /dẽˈta.du/
- Portugal /dẽˈta.du/
- Portugal [dẽˈta.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dentado in Portuguese?
dentado appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).