folgado
Portuguese, noun/fowˈɡa.du/
folgado is spelled F-O-L-G-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Folgado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lazy person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of folgar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que tem liberdade autoconcedida em agir de uma forma abusada que viola, diminui ou usufrui de direito…”.
What does folgado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
loose, free
- 2
comfortable, satisfied
- 3
Brazilderogatorylazy
- 4
Brazilderogatoryoverconfident, cocky, cheeky, insolent
noun
- 1
Brazilderogatorymasculinelazy person
- 2
Brazilderogatorymasculinecocky person
verb
- 1
Brazilderogatorypast participle of folgar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem folga 2. não apertado 3. amplo 4. ocioso
noun: 1. aquele que tem liberdade autoconcedida em agir de uma forma abusada que viola, diminui ou usufrui de direito alheio
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 folgado
- folgada feminine
- folgados masculine plural
- folgadas feminine plural
- mais folgado comparative
- o mais folgado superlative
- folgadíssimo superlative
- folgadinho diminutive
- folgadão augmentative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce folgado?
- Brazil /fowˈɡa.du/
- Brazil [foʊ̯ˈɡa.du]
- Portugal /folˈɡa.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 folgado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is folgado in Portuguese?
folgado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).