esquerdo
Portuguese, adjective/isˈkeʁ.du/
esquerdo is spelled E-S-Q-U-E-R-D-O (8 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,969th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esquerdo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “left; left-hand; on or towards the left side” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of esquerdar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que está do lado oposto ao direito, sinistro, sestro”.
What does esquerdo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
left; left-hand; on or towards the left side
- 2
raresynonym of esquerdista
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of esquerdar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está do lado oposto ao direito, sinistro, sestro 2. oblíquo, atravessado, de revestrés, torto, de má vontade 3. indivíduo canhoto 4. desajeitado, desastrado, canhestro, gauche
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 esquerdo
- esquerda feminine
- esquerdos masculine plural
- esquerdas feminine plural
- mais esquerdo comparative
- o mais esquerdo superlative
- esquerdíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esquerdo?
- Brazil /isˈkeʁ.du/
- Brazil [isˈkeɦ.du]
- Brazil /esˈkeʁ.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 esquerdo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is esquerdo in Portuguese?
esquerdo appears 21 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).