proibido
Portuguese, adjective/pɾo.iˈbi.du/
proibido is spelled P-R-O-I-B-I-D-O (8 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proibido is a Portuguese adjective meaning “prohibited, forbidden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of proibir. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não permitido; ilegal”.
What does proibido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prohibited, forbidden
- 2
illegal
verb
- 1
past participle of proibir
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. não permitido; ilegal
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 proibido
- proibida feminine
- proibidos masculine plural
- proibidas feminine plural
- prohibido alternative obsolete
- proïbido alternative obsolete
- proìbido alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proibido?
- Brazil /pɾo.iˈbi.du/
- Portugal /pɾu.iˈbi.du/
- Portugal [pɾu.iˈβi.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 proibido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proibido in Portuguese?
proibido appears 19 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).