preocupado
Portuguese, adjective/pɾew.kuˈpa.du/
preocupado is spelled P-R-E-O-C-U-P-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,888th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Preocupado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “preoccupied, worried (who is concerned with)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of preocupar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem preocupação”.
What does preocupado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
preoccupied, worried (who is concerned with)
Você não precisa ficar preocupado comigo, eu já sou um adulto.
- 2
apprehensive (who is restless and distressed)
- 3
thoughtful (absorbed in problems)
verb
- 1
past participle of preocupar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem preocupação 2. apreensivo 3. inquieto
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 preocupado
- preocupada feminine
- preocupados masculine plural
- preocupadas feminine plural
- mais preocupado comparative
- o mais preocupado superlative
- preocupadíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce preocupado?
- Brazil /pɾew.kuˈpa.du/
- Brazil [pɾeʊ̯.kuˈpa.du]
- Portugal /pɾi.u.kuˈpa.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 preocupado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is preocupado in Portuguese?
preocupado appears 22 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).