obrigada
Portuguese, interjection/o.bɾiˈɡa.dɐ/
obrigada is spelled O-B-R-I-G-A-D-A (8 letters) and appears 151 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 645th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obrigada is a Portuguese feminine interjection meaning “thank you” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of obrigado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressa agradecimento da parte de uma pessoa de sexo feminino”.
What does obrigada mean in English?
interjection
- 1
femininethank you
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of obrigado
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of obrigado
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of obrigado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa agradecimento da parte de uma pessoa de sexo feminino
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 obrigada
- obg alternative Internet
- obrigadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obrigada?
- Brazil /o.bɾiˈɡa.dɐ/
- Portugal /ɔ.bɾiˈɡa.dɐ/
- Portugal [ɔ.βɾiˈɣa.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obrigada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obrigada in Portuguese?
obrigada appears 151 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).