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grilado

Portuguese, adjective/ɡɾiˈla.du/

grilado is spelled G-R-I-L-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grilado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “worried” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of grilar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preocupado”.

What does grilado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    slangworried

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of grilar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. preocupado

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 grilado

  • grilada feminine
  • grilados masculine plural
  • griladas feminine plural
  • mais grilado comparative
  • o mais grilado superlative
  • griladíssimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce grilado?

  • Brazil /ɡɾiˈla.du/
  • Portugal /ɡɾiˈla.du/
  • Portugal [ɡɾiˈla.ðu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is grilado in Portuguese?

grilado appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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