distinguido
Portuguese, adjective
distinguido is spelled D-I-S-T-I-N-G-U-I-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distinguido is a Portuguese adjective meaning “discrete; distinct; individual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of distinguir. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que (se) distinguiu; reconhecido”.
What does distinguido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
discrete; distinct; individual
verb
- 1
past participle of distinguir
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que (se) distinguiu; reconhecido
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 distinguido
- distinguida feminine
- distinguidos masculine plural
- distinguidas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to distinguido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distinguido in Portuguese?
distinguido appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).