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esperado

Portuguese, adjective/is.peˈɾa.du/

esperado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “expected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of esperar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se espera”.

What does esperado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    expected

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of esperar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que se espera 2. adiado

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 esperado

  • esperada feminine
  • esperados masculine plural
  • esperadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce esperado?

  • Brazil /is.peˈɾa.du/
  • Brazil /es.peˈɾa.du/
  • /iʃ.peˈɾa.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 esperado

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

How common is esperado in Portuguese?

esperado appears 20 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).