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quedo

Portuguese, adjective/ˈke.du/

quedo is spelled Q-U-E-D-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quedo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “motionless, unmoving, still, stationary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of quedar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “imóvel, quieto, parado”.

What does quedo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    archaicmotionless, unmoving, still, stationary

  2. 2

    archaicquiet, calm, serene

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of quedar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. imóvel, quieto, parado 2. tranquilo

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 quedo

  • queda feminine
  • quedos masculine plural
  • quedas feminine plural
  • quêdo alternative obsolete

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

How do you pronounce quedo?

  • Brazil /ˈke.du/
  • Portugal /ˈke.du/
  • Portugal [ˈke.ðu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is quedo in Portuguese?

quedo appears about once in every 13 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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