enjeitado
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.ʒejˈta.du/
enjeitado is spelled E-N-J-E-I-T-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enjeitado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “foundling (abandoned child, left by its parent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of enjeitar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não aceitado, rejeitado, repudiado,recusado, abandonado”.
What does enjeitado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
related to foundling
noun
- 1
masculinefoundling (abandoned child, left by its parent)
verb
- 1
past participle of enjeitar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. não aceitado, rejeitado, repudiado,recusado, abandonado 2. desamparado, desprotegido 3. diz-se do touro que não tem marca e não é sabido de quem é 4. diz-se do animal que a mãe rejeita amamentar
noun: 1. quem foi abandonado pelos progenitores ao nascer ou no começo da sua vida 2. pessoa azarada, sem sote; pessoa desfavorecida
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 enjeitado
- enjeitada feminine
- enjeitados masculine plural
- enjeitadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enjeitado?
- Brazil /ẽ.ʒejˈta.du/
- Brazil [ẽ.ʒeɪ̯ˈta.du]
- Brazil /ĩ.ʒejˈta.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 enjeitado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enjeitado in Portuguese?
enjeitado appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).