empregada
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.dɐ/
empregada is spelled E-M-P-R-E-G-A-D-A (9 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empregada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “maid (women employed to keep a house clean)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of empregado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “feminino de empregado”.
What does empregada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of empregado
- 2
femininemaid (women employed to keep a house clean)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of empregado
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of empregado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feminino de empregado 2. criada de servir 3. empregada doméstica
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 empregada
- empregadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empregada?
- Brazil /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.dɐ/
- Brazil /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa.dɐ/
- Portugal /ẽ.pɾɨˈɡa.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to empregada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empregada in Portuguese?
empregada appears 15 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).