exposto
Portuguese, noun/isˈpos.tu/
exposto is spelled E-X-P-O-S-T-O (7 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,307th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Exposto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “foundling (child abandoned by its parents)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of expor. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enjeitado”.
What does exposto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
exposed
- 2
visible, manifest, patent
noun
- 1
masculinefoundling (child abandoned by its parents)
verb
- 1
past participle of expor
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que está à vista 2. patente 3. visível, manifesto
noun: 1. enjeitado
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 exposto
- exposta feminine
- expostos masculine plural
- expostas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce exposto?
- Brazil /isˈpos.tu/
- Brazil /esˈpos.tu/
- /iʃˈpoʃ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to exposto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is exposto in Portuguese?
exposto appears 8.5 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).