profundo
Portuguese, adjective/pɾoˈfũ.du/
profundo is spelled P-R-O-F-U-N-D-O (8 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,969th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Profundo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “deep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se do que é, está ou vai bem abaixo da superfície ou da frente”.
What does profundo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deep
- 2
profound
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se do que é, está ou vai bem abaixo da superfície ou da frente 2. intenso, forte 3. secreto, escondido 4. diz-se de conhecimento sobre um assunto: extenso e variado
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 profundo
- profunda feminine
- profundos masculine plural
- profundas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce profundo?
- Brazil /pɾoˈfũ.du/
- Portugal /pɾuˈfũ.du/
- Portugal /pɾu.ˈfũ.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 profundo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is profundo in Portuguese?
profundo appears 21 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).