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determinado

Portuguese, determiner/de.teʁ.miˈna.du/

determinado is spelled D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,831st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Determinado is a Portuguese determiner meaning “certain (having been determined but unspecified)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of determinar.

What does determinado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    determinate; ascertained

    Isso já é um facto determinado.

  2. 2

    determined; resolute; unyielding in the pursuit of something

    Estou determinado a ler este livro.

  3. 3

    set; fixed; scheduled

    Encontramo-nos no dia e local determinados.

  4. 4

    particular; specific

    Adquirir uma entidade que tem capacidade de operar num determinado mercado tem valor.

determiner

  1. 1

    certain (having been determined but unspecified)

    Determinadas pessoas nunca leem.

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedeterminer (dependent function in a noun phrase)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of determinar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. decidido 2. resoluto

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 determinado

  • determinada feminine
  • determinados masculine plural
  • determinadas feminine plural
  • mais determinado comparative
  • o mais determinado superlative
  • determinadíssimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce determinado?

  • Brazil /de.teʁ.miˈna.du/
  • Brazil [de.teɦ.miˈna.du]
  • /de.teɾ.miˈna.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 determinado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is determinado in Portuguese?

determinado appears 32 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).

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