empoado
Portuguese, adjective/ẽ.poˈa.du/
empoado is spelled E-M-P-O-A-D-O (7 letters). Empoado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “powdered (covered with powder)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of empoar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “empoeirado, coberto por pó”.
What does empoado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
powdered (covered with powder)
- 2
dusty (covered with dust)
verb
- 1
past participle of empoar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. empoeirado, coberto por pó
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 empoado
- empoada feminine
- empoados masculine plural
- empoadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empoado?
- Brazil /ẽ.poˈa.du/
- Brazil /ĩ.poˈa.du/
- Portugal /ẽˈpwa.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 empoado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.