obrigado
Portuguese, noun/o.bɾiˈɡa.du/
obrigado is spelled O-B-R-I-G-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears 158 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 618th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obrigado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “someone bound by a legal obligation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of obrigar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agradecimento”.
What does obrigado mean in English?
interjection
- 1
thanks; thank you
Obrigado por tudo.
adjective
- 1
obligatory; mandatory (required or commanded by authority)
- 2
grateful, thankful
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone bound by a legal obligation
noun
- 1
masculinea thank you (instance of expressing gratitude)
verb
- 1
past participle of obrigar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. forçado, coagido por lei, norma, necessidade ou uso; obrigatório, inevitável 2. agradecido, grato, que fica em dívida, que assume obrigação
interjection: 1. expressa agradecimento da parte de uma pessoa de sexo masculino
noun: 1. agradecimento
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 obrigado
- brigado alternative colloquial
- obg alternative Internet
- obrigada feminine
- obrigados masculine plural
- obrigadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obrigado?
- Brazil /o.bɾiˈɡa.du/
- Portugal /ɔ.bɾiˈɡa.du/
- Portugal [ɔ.βɾiˈɣa.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 obrigado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obrigado in Portuguese?
obrigado appears 158 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).