arretado

Portuguese

Etymology

From arretar. Related to reto (“straight”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁeˈta.du/ [a.heˈta.du]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁeˈta.du/ [a.χeˈta.du]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁeˈta.do/ [a.heˈta.do]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɨˈta.du/ [ɐ.ʁɨˈta.ðu]

Hyphenation: ar‧re‧ta‧do

Adjective

arretado (feminine arretada, masculine plural arretados, feminine plural arretadas)

(Northeast Brazil) generic adjective that denotes positive qualities: good
Synonym: bom
(Northeast Brazil) angry, furious
Synonyms: bravo, zangado, furioso, irado

Further reading

“arretado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“arretado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026