retornado
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.toʁˈna.du/
retornado is spelled R-E-T-O-R-N-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retornado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a returnee, a repatriated diasporan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of retornar.
What does retornado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea returnee, a repatriated diasporan
- 2
Portugalmasculineethnic Portuguese living in Africa who moved to Portugal during the decolonization process
verb
- 1
past participle of retornar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of retornado
- retornados plural
- retornada feminine
- retornadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retornado?
- Brazil /ʁe.toʁˈna.du/
- Brazil [he.toɦˈna.du]
- /ʁe.toɾˈna.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is retornado in Portuguese?
retornado appears 2.0 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).