recalcado
Portuguese, adjective/ʁe.kawˈka.du/
recalcado is spelled R-E-C-A-L-C-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 86,274th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recalcado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “trodden (crushed by being walked on)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of recalcar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se recalcou, se calcou de novo ou com mais força”.
What does recalcado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
trodden (crushed by being walked on)
- 2
emotionally repressed
verb
- 1
past participle of recalcar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se recalcou, se calcou de novo ou com mais força 2. que apresenta recalque, ou seja, que reprimiu desejos, impulsos ou sentimentos no inconsciente, segundo a psicanálise 3. que demonstra ressentimento, inveja ou frustração reprimida; que age com amargura ou hostilidade disfarçada
noun: 1. pessoa que reprime seus desejos ou sentimentos, especialmente por pressões sociais ou morais 2. pessoa que age com ressentimento, inveja ou frustração disfarçada
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 recalcado
- recalcada feminine
- recalcados masculine plural
- recalcadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recalcado?
- Brazil /ʁe.kawˈka.du/
- Brazil [he.kaʊ̯ˈka.du]
- /ʁe.kawˈka.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 recalcado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recalcado in Portuguese?
recalcado appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).