erudito
Portuguese, noun/e.ɾuˈd͡ʒi.tu/
erudito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scholar (learned person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa erudita, sábia”.
What does erudito mean in English?
adjective
- 1
erudite (scholarly, learned)
noun
- 1
masculinescholar (learned person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem erudição 2. sábio
noun: 1. pessoa erudita, sábia
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 erudito
- erudita feminine
- eruditos masculine plural
- eruditas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erudito?
- Brazil /e.ɾuˈd͡ʒi.tu/
- Portugal /i.ɾuˈdi.tu/
- Portugal [i.ɾuˈði.tu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erudito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erudito in Portuguese?
erudito appears 1.3 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).