improvisado
Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.pɾo.viˈza.du/
improvisado is spelled I-M-P-R-O-V-I-S-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Improvisado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “improvised; makeshift (made to work or suffice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of improvisar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dito ou feito de improviso”.
What does improvisado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
improvised; makeshift (made to work or suffice)
verb
- 1
past participle of improvisar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dito ou feito de improviso
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 improvisado
- improvisada feminine
- improvisados masculine plural
- improvisadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce improvisado?
- Brazil /ĩ.pɾo.viˈza.du/
- Portugal /ĩ.pɾu.viˈza.du/
- Portugal [ĩ.pɾu.viˈza.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 improvisado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is improvisado in Portuguese?
improvisado appears 1.9 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).