sanfonado
Portuguese, adjective
sanfonado is spelled S-A-N-F-O-N-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese, the 207,250th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sanfonado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “ribbed (resembling to an accordion's folding)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of sanfonar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que possui forma de sanfona”.
What does sanfonado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ribbed (resembling to an accordion's folding)
verb
- 1
past participle of sanfonar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte do acordeão que apresenta forma sanfonada¹
adjective: 1. que possui forma de sanfona
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 sanfonado
- sanfonada feminine
- sanfonados masculine plural
- sanfonadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is sanfonado in Portuguese?
sanfonado appears about once in every 55 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).