embuçado
Portuguese, adjective/ẽ.buˈsa.du/
embuçado is spelled E-M-B-U-Ç-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese, the 233,859th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embuçado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “covered (especially relating to the face)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of embuçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se daquele que se oculta, disfarça para não ser visto ou reconhecido”.
What does embuçado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
covered (especially relating to the face)
verb
- 1
past participle of embuçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se daquele que se oculta, disfarça para não ser visto ou reconhecido 2. relativo à pessoa que tem o rosto coberto por uma capa ou capuz
noun: 1. o indivíduo que se embuçou
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 embuçado
- embuçada feminine
- embuçados masculine plural
- embuçadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embuçado?
- Brazil /ẽ.buˈsa.du/
- Brazil /ĩ.buˈsa.du/
- Portugal /ẽ.buˈsa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is embuçado in Portuguese?
embuçado appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).