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prohibido

Portuguese, adjective

prohibido is spelled P-R-O-H-I-B-I-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prohibido is a Portuguese adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of proibido” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of prohibir.

What does prohibido mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of proibido

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of prohibir

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of prohibido

  • prohibida feminine
  • prohibidos masculine plural
  • prohibidas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is prohibido in Portuguese?

prohibido appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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