significado
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin significātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siŋnifiˈkado/ [s̺iŋ.ni.fiˈkɑ.ð̞ʊ]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Hyphenation: sig‧ni‧fi‧ca‧do
Noun
significado m (plural significados)
Participle
significado (feminine significada, masculine plural significados, feminine plural significadas)
- past participle of significar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin significātus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka.du/, /siɡ.ni.fiˈka.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siɡ.ni.fiˈka.do/, /si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /siɡ.ni.fiˈka.du/ [siɣ.ni.fiˈka.ðu]
Noun
significado m (plural significados)
- meaning, significance
- Qual é o significado dessa expressão?
- What is the meaning of that expression?
Participle
significado (feminine significada, masculine plural significados, feminine plural significadas)
- past participle of significar
Further reading
- “significado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “significado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin significātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siɡnifiˈkado/ [siɣ̞.ni.fiˈka.ð̞o]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: sig‧ni‧fi‧ca‧do
Adjective
significado (feminine significada, masculine plural significados, feminine plural significadas)
- significant
- Synonym: significante
- important
- Synonym: importante
- well-known
- Synonym: conocido
Noun
significado m (plural significados)
- significance
- Synonyms: significancia, significación
- meaning
- Synonym: sentido
Participle
significado (feminine significada, masculine plural significados, feminine plural significadas)
- past participle of significar
Further reading
- “significado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025