pelado
Portuguese, adjective/peˈla.du/
pelado is spelled P-E-L-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “skinned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of pelar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sem pelo”.
What does pelado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
skinned
- 2
Brazilcolloquialnaked (not wearing any clothes)
verb
- 1
past participle of pelar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sem pelo 2. sem roupas
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 pelado
- pelada feminine
- pelados masculine plural
- peladas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pelado?
- Brazil /peˈla.du/
- Portugal /pɨˈla.du/
- Portugal [pɨˈla.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 pelado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pelado in Portuguese?
pelado appears 3.0 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).