licenciado
Portuguese, noun/li.sẽ.siˈa.du/
licenciado is spelled L-I-C-E-N-C-I-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Licenciado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bachelor (person having the first university degree)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of licenciar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “alguém que é possuidor de uma licenciatura”.
What does licenciado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
licensed
noun
- 1
masculinebachelor (person having the first university degree)
verb
- 1
past participle of licenciar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alguém que é possuidor de uma licenciatura 2. alguém com licença para exercer uma determinada profissão.
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 licenciado
- licenciada feminine
- licenciados masculine plural
- licenciadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce licenciado?
- Brazil /li.sẽ.siˈa.du/
- Brazil /li.sẽˈsja.du/
- Portugal /li.sẽˈsja.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is licenciado in Portuguese?
licenciado appears 5.5 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).