encardido
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/
encardido is spelled E-N-C-A-R-D-I-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 84,550th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encardido is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a filthy person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que encardiu”.
What does encardido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
grubby; very dirty
- 2
ugly
noun
- 1
masculinea filthy person
- 2
masculinefilth in cloth
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que encardiu, ou seja, foi coberto de cardina; que adquiriu cor ou aspecto de algo mal lavado ou gasto pelo tempo 2. relativo à pessoa cuja pele, pela idade, doença ou falta de asseio, perdeu o viço, a vivacidade 3. que tem sujeira 4. duro quanto a ser batido, a ser vencido por oferecer alta combatividade e/ou resistência, por impor elevada dificuldade
noun: 1. aquele que encardiu 2. sujo, imundo
verb: 1. particípio (passado) masculino singular do verbo encardir
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 encardido
- encardida feminine
- encardidos masculine plural
- encardidas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encardido?
- Brazil /ẽ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/
- Brazil [ẽ.kaɦˈd͡ʒi.du]
- Brazil /ĩ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.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 encardido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encardido in Portuguese?
encardido appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).