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malpassado

Portuguese, adjective/maw.paˈsa.du/

malpassado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “rare (cooked very lightly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não completamente cozido ou frito (diz-se de alimentos, em especial a carne e o ovo)”.

What does malpassado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    rare (cooked very lightly)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. não completamente cozido ou frito (diz-se de alimentos, em especial a carne e o ovo)

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 malpassado

  • malpassada feminine
  • malpassados masculine plural
  • malpassadas feminine plural
  • mal passado alternative misspelling

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

How do you pronounce malpassado?

  • Brazil /maw.paˈsa.du/
  • Brazil [maʊ̯.paˈsa.du]
  • Portugal /mal.pɐˈsa.du/

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

English words that translate to malpassado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.