estouvado
Portuguese, noun/is.to(w)ˈva.du/
estouvado is spelled E-S-T-O-U-V-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese, the 197,229th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estouvado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a careless individual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does estouvado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
madcap; reckless; careless; heedless
- 2
frisky; larky; prankish; playful
noun
- 1
masculinea careless individual
- 2
masculinea playful individual
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aquele que age sem cuidado, descuidado, imprudente 2. amalucado
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 estouvado
- estouvada feminine
- estouvados masculine plural
- estouvadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estouvado?
- Brazil /is.to(w)ˈva.du/
- Brazil [is.to(ʊ̯)ˈva.du]
- Brazil /es.to(w)ˈva.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estouvado in Portuguese?
estouvado appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).