encostado
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.kosˈta.du/
encostado is spelled E-N-C-O-S-T-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Encostado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scrounger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of encostar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que vive às expensas de alguma entidade”.
What does encostado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescrounger
verb
- 1
past participle of encostar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se apoiou 2. apoiado 3. arrimado 4. que não tem trabalho
noun: 1. aquele que vive às expensas de alguma entidade 2. pessoa parada 3. pessoa sem trabalho 4. pessoa desempregada
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 encostado
- encostados plural
- encostada feminine
- encostadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce encostado?
- Brazil /ẽ.kosˈta.du/
- Brazil /ĩ.kosˈta.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 encostado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is encostado in Portuguese?
encostado appears 1.1 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).