iletrado
Portuguese, adjective/i.leˈtɾa.du/
iletrado is spelled I-L-E-T-R-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Iletrado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “illiterate, unlettered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não sabe ler ou escrever”.
What does iletrado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
illiterate, unlettered
- 2
uneducated or little educated
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não sabe ler ou escrever 2. que tem pouco ou nenhum conhecimento sobre literatura
noun: 1. pessoa que não sabe ler ou escrever
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 iletrado
- iletrada feminine
- iletrados masculine plural
- iletradas feminine plural
- mais iletrado comparative
- o mais iletrado superlative
- iletradíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce iletrado?
- Brazil /i.leˈtɾa.du/
- Portugal /i.lɨˈtɾa.du/
- Portugal [i.lɨˈtɾa.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 iletrado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is iletrado in Portuguese?
iletrado appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).