renegado
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.neˈɡa.du/
renegado is spelled R-E-N-E-G-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Renegado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “renegade (person who betrays or deserts his cause)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of renegar.
What does renegado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerenegade (person who betrays or deserts his cause)
adjective
- 1
who has reneged (broken one’s promise or commitment)
verb
- 1
past participle of renegar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of renegado
- renegados plural
- renegada feminine
- renegadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce renegado?
- Brazil /ʁe.neˈɡa.du/
- Brazil [he.neˈɡa.du]
- /ʁe.neˈɡa.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 renegado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is renegado in Portuguese?
renegado appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).