safado
Portuguese, noun/saˈfa.du/
safado is spelled S-A-F-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,972nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Safado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rogue; trickster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of safar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “malandro, pilantra, trapaceiro”.
What does safado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
worn out
- 2
colloquialshameless
- 3
colloquialnaughty, horny
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinerogue; trickster
verb
- 1
past participle of safar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de homem que é malandro, pilantra, trapaceiro
noun: 1. malandro, pilantra, trapaceiro
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 safado
- safada feminine
- safados masculine plural
- safadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce safado?
- Brazil /saˈfa.du/
- Portugal /sɐˈfa.du/
- Portugal [sɐˈfa.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to safado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is safado in Portuguese?
safado appears 6.6 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).