retesado
Portuguese, adjective/ʁe.teˈza.du/
retesado is spelled R-E-T-E-S-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese, the 253,762nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retesado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “taut (pulled tight, as in a rope)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of retesar.
What does retesado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
taut (pulled tight, as in a rope)
verb
- 1
past participle of retesar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of retesado
- retesada feminine
- retesados masculine plural
- retesadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retesado?
- Brazil /ʁe.teˈza.du/
- Brazil [he.teˈza.du]
- /ʁe.teˈza.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 retesado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retesado in Portuguese?
retesado appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).