denteado
Portuguese, adjective/dẽ.teˈa.du/
denteado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “serrated; jagged; toothed (having tooth-like projections)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of dentear.
What does denteado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
serrated; jagged; toothed (having tooth-like projections)
- 2
dentate (having an edge with symmetrical tooth-like projections)
verb
- 1
past participle of dentear
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of denteado
- denteada feminine
- denteados masculine plural
- denteadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce denteado?
- Brazil /dẽ.teˈa.du/
- Portugal /dẽˈtja.du/
- Portugal [dẽˈtja.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is denteado in Portuguese?
denteado appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).