esfarrapado
Portuguese, adjective/is.fa.ʁaˈpa.du/
esfarrapado is spelled E-S-F-A-R-R-A-P-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 91,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esfarrapado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “shabby (clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of esfarrapar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em farrapos”.
What does esfarrapado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shabby (clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments)
verb
- 1
past participle of esfarrapar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. em farrapos 2. que não tem poder de convencimento, que aparenta ao ouvinte ser argumentivamente não condizente com a realidade dos motivos ou fatos e que é dado com o intuito de servir como forma de justificativa ou amenizador para tirar alguém de maus lençóis
noun: 1. aquele que está em farrapos
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 esfarrapado
- esfarrapada feminine
- esfarrapados masculine plural
- esfarrapadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esfarrapado?
- Brazil /is.fa.ʁaˈpa.du/
- Brazil [is.fa.haˈpa.du]
- Brazil /es.fa.ʁaˈpa.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 esfarrapado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esfarrapado in Portuguese?
esfarrapado appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).