espevitado
Portuguese, adjective/is.pe.viˈta.du/
espevitado is spelled E-S-P-E-V-I-T-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese, the 205,610th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espevitado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “sassy (bold and spirited)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se do morrão, aparado com a espevitadeira”.
What does espevitado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sassy (bold and spirited)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se do morrão, aparado com a espevitadeira 2. vivo, agitado
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 espevitado
- espevitada feminine
- espevitados masculine plural
- espevitadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espevitado?
- Brazil /is.pe.viˈta.du/
- Brazil /es.pe.viˈta.du/
- /iʃ.pe.viˈta.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 espevitado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espevitado in Portuguese?
espevitado appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).