espigado
Portuguese, adjective/is.piˈɡa.du/
espigado is spelled E-S-P-I-G-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese, the 166,096th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espigado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “grown (having reached maturity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of espigar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que criou espiga”.
What does espigado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
grown (having reached maturity)
verb
- 1
past participle of espigar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que criou espiga 2. crescido, alto
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 espigado
- espigada feminine
- espigados masculine plural
- espigadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espigado?
- Brazil /is.piˈɡa.du/
- Brazil /es.piˈɡa.du/
- /iʃ.piˈɡa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is espigado in Portuguese?
espigado appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).