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marado

Portuguese, adjective/maˈɾa.du/

marado is spelled M-A-R-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 96,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “crazy, mad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of marar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doido, maluco, que perdeu o juízo”.

What does marado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    colloquialcrazy, mad

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of marar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. doido, maluco, que perdeu o juízo 2. avariado 3. morto 4. qualifica uma bebida de adulterada

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 marado

  • marada feminine
  • marados masculine plural
  • maradas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce marado?

  • Brazil /maˈɾa.du/
  • Portugal /mɐˈɾa.du/
  • Portugal [mɐˈɾa.ðu]

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

How common is marado in Portuguese?

marado appears about once in every 10 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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