recatado
Portuguese, adjective/ʁe.kaˈta.du/
recatado is spelled R-E-C-A-T-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,937th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recatado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “reserved; bashful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem modéstia, que é prudente ou sensato”.
What does recatado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
reserved; bashful
- 2
modest; simple
- 3
circumspect; prudent
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem modéstia, que é prudente ou sensato 2. pudico
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 recatado
- recatada feminine
- recatados masculine plural
- recatadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recatado?
- Brazil /ʁe.kaˈta.du/
- Brazil [he.kaˈta.du]
- /ʁe.kaˈta.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 recatado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recatado in Portuguese?
recatado appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).