ouriçado
Portuguese, adjective/o(w).ɾiˈsa.du/
ouriçado is spelled O-U-R-I-Ç-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese, the 189,447th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ouriçado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “having spikes like a hedgehog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of ouriçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “animado”.
What does ouriçado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
having spikes like a hedgehog
- 2
Brazilinformalexcited
verb
- 1
past participle of ouriçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. animado
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 ouriçado
- ouriçada feminine
- ouriçados masculine plural
- ouriçadas feminine plural
- eriçado alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouriçado?
- Brazil /o(w).ɾiˈsa.du/
- Brazil [o(ʊ̯).ɾiˈsa.du]
- Portugal /o(w).ɾiˈsa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ouriçado in Portuguese?
ouriçado appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).