desejado
Portuguese, adjective/de.zeˈʒa.du/
desejado is spelled D-E-S-E-J-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,013th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desejado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “wanted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desejar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se deseja ou desejou”.
What does desejado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wanted
- 2
intended
verb
- 1
past participle of desejar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se deseja ou desejou 2. que foi objeto de desejo 3. cobiçado 4. ambicionado
noun: 1. o que se deseja 2. pessoa a quem se deseja 3. cognome de D. Sebastião
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 desejado
- desejada feminine
- desejados masculine plural
- desejadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desejado?
- Brazil /de.zeˈʒa.du/
- Portugal /dɨ.zɨˈʒa.du/
- Portugal [dɨ.zɨˈʒa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desejado in Portuguese?
desejado appears 5.1 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).