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retrasado

Portuguese, adjective/ʁe.tɾaˈza.du/

retrasado is spelled R-E-T-R-A-S-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 67,344th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retrasado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “delayed, retarded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se da semana, mês ou ano antes do passado”.

What does retrasado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    delayed, retarded

  2. 2

    one before the last, penultimate

    O ano atual é 2020. O ano retrasado foi 2018.

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se da semana, mês ou ano antes do passado

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 retrasado

  • retrasada feminine
  • retrasados masculine plural
  • retrasadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce retrasado?

  • Brazil /ʁe.tɾaˈza.du/
  • Brazil [he.tɾaˈza.du]
  • /ʁe.tɾaˈza.du/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is retrasado in Portuguese?

retrasado appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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