finado
Portuguese, noun/fiˈna.du/
finado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dead person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of finar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa finada”.
What does finado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
late, deceased, dead
noun
- 1
masculinedead person
verb
- 1
past participle of finar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que finou
noun: 1. pessoa finada
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 finado
- finada feminine
- finados masculine plural
- finadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce finado?
- Brazil /fiˈna.du/
- Portugal /fiˈna.du/
- Portugal [fiˈna.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is finado in Portuguese?
finado 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).