meado
Portuguese, noun/meˈa.du/
meado is spelled M-E-A-D-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “middle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of mear. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a parte média; o meio [Mais usado no plural]”.
What does meado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mid
noun
- 1
masculinemiddle
O verão começa em meados de junho.
verb
- 1
past participle of mear
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dividido ao meio; que chegou ao meio
noun: 1. a parte média; o meio [Mais usado no plural]
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 meado
- meada feminine
- meados masculine plural
- meadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meado?
- Brazil /meˈa.du/
- Portugal /ˈmja.du/
- Portugal [ˈmja.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is meado in Portuguese?
meado appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).