empregado
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.du/
empregado is spelled E-M-P-R-E-G-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,076th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empregado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “employee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of empregar: having been employed. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que exerce um emprego”.
What does empregado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
employed (in a job, working)
noun
- 1
masculineemployee
adjective
- 1
folded, pleated
- 2
paralyzed
verb
- 1
past participle of empregar: having been employed
verb
- 1
past participle of empregar: having been folded or pleated; having become paralyzed
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aplicado; ocupado 2. entrevado; pregueado
noun: 1. aquele que exerce um emprego
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 empregado
- empregada feminine
- empregados masculine plural
- empregadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empregado?
- Brazil /ẽ.pɾeˈɡa.du/
- Brazil /ĩ.pɾeˈɡa.du/
- Portugal /ẽ.pɾɨˈɡa.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 empregado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is empregado in Portuguese?
empregado appears 16 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).