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namorado

Portuguese, noun/na.moˈɾa.du/

namorado is spelled N-A-M-O-R-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 54 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,778th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Namorado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “boyfriend (a male lover)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of namorar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que se namora”.

What does namorado mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineboyfriend (a male lover)

    Vocês são namorados?

  2. 2

    BrazilmasculineNamorado sandperch (Pseudopercis numida)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of namorar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que se namora

noun: 1. pessoa que se namora

noun: 1. certo tipo de peixe marinho

noun: 1. sobrenome

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 namorado

  • namorados plural
  • namorada feminine
  • namoradas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce namorado?

  • Brazil /na.moˈɾa.du/
  • Portugal /nɐ.muˈɾa.du/
  • Portugal [nɐ.muˈɾa.ðu]

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

English words that translate to namorado

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

How common is namorado in Portuguese?

namorado appears 54 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).

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