tigrado
Portuguese, adjective/t͡ʃiˈɡɾa.du/
tigrado is spelled T-I-G-R-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 150,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tigrado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “striped like a tiger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mosqueado como a pele do tigre”.
What does tigrado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
striped like a tiger
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mosqueado como a pele do tigre 2. pelagem de animais (principalmente bovinos e cães) de fundo vermelho claro com rajas vermelhas escuras distribuídas irregularmente pelo corpo; variante clara da pelagem araçá 3. cavalo que apresenta listas pretas alongadas e irregulares distribuídas pelo tronco
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 tigrado
- tigrada feminine
- tigrados masculine plural
- tigradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tigrado?
- Brazil /t͡ʃiˈɡɾa.du/
- Portugal /tiˈɡɾa.du/
- Portugal [tiˈɣɾa.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 tigrado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tigrado in Portuguese?
tigrado appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).