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espalhado

Portuguese, adjective/is.paˈʎa.du/

espalhado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “scattered (randomly distributted)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of espalhar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se espalhou”.

What does espalhado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    scattered (randomly distributted)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of espalhar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que se espalhou

noun: 1. bulício 2. falácia 3. ostentação

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 espalhado

  • espalhada feminine
  • espalhados masculine plural
  • espalhadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce espalhado?

  • Brazil /is.paˈʎa.du/
  • Brazil /es.paˈʎa.du/
  • /iʃ.paˈʎa.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 espalhado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is espalhado in Portuguese?

espalhado appears 2.8 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).