querido
Portuguese, noun/keˈɾi.du/
querido is spelled Q-U-E-R-I-D-O (7 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,924th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Querido is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sweetheart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of querer. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressão carinhosa e íntima aplicada a uma pessoa do sexo masculino”.
What does querido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dear
- 2
lovely, cute
noun
- 1
masculinesweetheart
- 2
masculinedarling
verb
- 1
past participle of querer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. a que ou a quem se quer muito 2. amado
noun: 1. expressão carinhosa e íntima aplicada a uma pessoa do sexo masculino 2. meu bem
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 querido
- querida feminine
- queridos masculine plural
- queridas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce querido?
- Brazil /keˈɾi.du/
- Brazil /kiˈɾi.du/
- Portugal /kɨˈɾi.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 querido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is querido in Portuguese?
querido appears 49 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).