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rude

Portuguese, adjective/ˈʁu.d͡ʒi/

rude is spelled R-U-D-E (4 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rude is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “rude; bad-mannered” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “áspero, descortês”.

What does rude mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinerude; bad-mannered

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. áspero, descortês 2. seco

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 rude

  • rudes plural

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

How do you pronounce rude?

  • Brazil /ˈʁu.d͡ʒi/
  • Brazil [ˈhu.d͡ʒi]
  • /ˈʁu.d͡ʒi/

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

English words that translate to rude

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is rude in Portuguese?

rude appears 4.2 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).

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