privado
Portuguese, noun/pɾiˈva.du/
privado is spelled P-R-I-V-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,675th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Privado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “private sector” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of privar.
What does privado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Concerning only to a person or a specific group; private; personal
- 2
not publicly known; not open; secret; private
- 3
not accessible by the public; private
noun
- 1
masculineprivate sector
- 2
masculineprivate chatroom; (collectively) private messages
Discutimos no privado.
verb
- 1
past participle of privar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não é público
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 privado
- privada feminine
- privados masculine plural
- privadas feminine plural
- mais privado comparative
- o mais privado superlative
- privadíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce privado?
- Brazil /pɾiˈva.du/
- Portugal /pɾiˈva.du/
- Portugal [pɾiˈva.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 privado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is privado in Portuguese?
privado appears 34 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).