ferrado
Portuguese, adjective/feˈʁa.du/
ferrado is spelled F-E-R-R-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferrado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “shod, fitted with horseshoes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of ferrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem ferro ou ferraduras”.
What does ferrado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shod, fitted with horseshoes
- 2
Brazilslangscrewed, beset with an difficult or impossible situation
verb
- 1
past participle of ferrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem ferro ou ferraduras 2. que está em péssimo estado
noun: 1. ato de ferrar 2. humor segregado pelos chocos 3. medida de volume para cereais e sementes, alqueire 4. medida de superfície do terreno agrícola
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 ferrado
- ferrada feminine
- ferrados masculine plural
- ferradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferrado?
- Brazil /feˈʁa.du/
- Brazil [feˈha.du]
- /feˈʁa.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 ferrado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ferrado in Portuguese?
ferrado appears 1.3 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).