gelado
Portuguese, noun/ʒeˈla.du/
gelado is spelled G-E-L-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,612th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gelado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ice cream (dessert)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of gelar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doce tornado frio e consistente por meio do gelo”.
What does gelado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
frozen
- 2
cold
- 3
emotionally distant
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculineice cream (dessert)
verb
- 1
past participle of gelar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que gelou; glacial; gélido 2. coberto de gelo; muito frio
noun: 1. doce tornado frio e consistente por meio do gelo 2. sorvete
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 gelado
- gelada feminine
- gelados masculine plural
- geladas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gelado?
- Brazil /ʒeˈla.du/
- Portugal /ʒɨˈla.du/
- Portugal [ʒɨˈla.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gelado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gelado in Portuguese?
gelado appears 9.5 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).