dispensado
Portuguese, adjective/d͡ʒis.pẽˈsa.du/
dispensado is spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,840th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dispensado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “exempt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of dispensar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “característica do que foi liberado”.
What does dispensado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
exempt
- 2
dismissed
verb
- 1
past participle of dispensar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. característica do que foi liberado 2. que conseguiu dispensa 3. diz-se dos dias santos em que o trabalho é admitido
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 dispensado
- dispensada feminine
- dispensados masculine plural
- dispensadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dispensado?
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.pẽˈsa.du/
- /d͡ʒiʃ.pẽˈsa.du/
- Portugal /diʃ.pẽˈsa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dispensado in Portuguese?
dispensado appears 4.7 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).