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tramado

Portuguese, adjective/tɾaˈma.du/

tramado is spelled T-R-A-M-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tramado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “screwed, fucked (beset with unfortunate circumstances)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of tramar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se tramou”.

What does tramado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    informalscrewed, fucked (beset with unfortunate circumstances)

  2. 2

    informalsaid of someone who is bad-tempered

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of tramar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que se tramou 2. disposto em trama 3. maquinado, planejado; urdiço 4. enganado, roubado

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 tramado

  • tramada feminine
  • tramados masculine plural
  • tramadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce tramado?

  • Brazil /tɾaˈma.du/
  • Portugal /tɾɐˈma.du/
  • Portugal [tɾɐˈma.ðu]

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

How common is tramado in Portuguese?

tramado appears about once in every 2 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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