pardo
Portuguese, noun/ˈpaʁ.du/
pardo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “multiracial person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que mulato”.
What does pardo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemultiracial person
Pardo é um termo oficial no Brasil formalmente utilizado para descrever alguém de origem multirracial.
adjective
- 1
brown
- 2
mulatto; brown-skinned (but not black)
- 3
grayish, dun
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem cor intermédia a preto e branco, quase escuro
noun: 1. o mesmo que mulato 2. pássaro das cercanias do Porto, Larus cinereus 3. o mesmo que burel
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 pardo
- pardos plural
- parda feminine
- pardas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pardo?
- Brazil /ˈpaʁ.du/
- Brazil [ˈpaɦ.du]
- /ˈpaɾ.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 pardo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pardo in Portuguese?
pardo appears 4.0 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).