morgado
Portuguese, noun/moʁˈɡa.du/
morgado is spelled M-O-R-G-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Morgado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “firstborn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of morgar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “filho primogênito”.
What does morgado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefirstborn
verb
- 1
past participle of morgar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. filho primogênito 2. cansado, sem ânimo (especialmente para festas e diversão)
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 morgado
- morgados plural
- morgada feminine
- morgadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce morgado?
- Brazil /moʁˈɡa.du/
- Brazil [moɦˈɡa.du]
- /moɾˈɡa.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 morgado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is morgado in Portuguese?
morgado appears 1.3 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).