pregado
Portuguese, verb/pɾeˈɡa.du/
pregado is spelled P-R-E-G-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pregado is a Portuguese verb meaning “past participle of pregar (“to nail”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pregado mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of pregar (“to nail”)
verb
- 1
past participle of pregar (“to preach”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. cravado; espetado 2. que tem pregas; pregueado 3. embriagado 4. esfalfado
noun: 1. nome vulgar dos peixes da família dos Pleuronectídeos; parracho, rodovalho, solha
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 pregado
- pregada feminine
- pregados masculine plural
- pregadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pregado?
- Brazil /pɾeˈɡa.du/
- Portugal /pɾɨˈɡa.du/
- Portugal [pɾɨˈɣa.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 pregado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pregado in Portuguese?
pregado appears 1.1 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).