desterrado
Portuguese, adjective/des.teˈʁa.du/
desterrado is spelled D-E-S-T-E-R-R-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desterrado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “expatriate, banished (person banished from their own country or homeland)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desterrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se pôs ou foi posto fora da terra”.
What does desterrado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
expatriate, banished (person banished from their own country or homeland)
- 2
expatriate (person living outside own country or homeland)
verb
- 1
past participle of desterrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se pôs ou foi posto fora da terra 2. exilado 3. expatriado 4. a que se tirou a terra que o cobria ou obstruía
noun: 1. pessoa que se desterrou
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 desterrado
- desterrada feminine
- desterrados masculine plural
- desterradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desterrado?
- Brazil /des.teˈʁa.du/
- Brazil [des.teˈha.du]
- /deʃ.teˈʁa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desterrado in Portuguese?
desterrado appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).