acorrentado

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ corrente (“chain”) +‎ -ado (“-ed”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ko.ʁẽˈta.du/ [a.ko.hẽˈta.du]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.ko.ʁẽˈta.du/ [a.ko.χẽˈta.du]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ko.ʁẽˈta.do/ [a.ko.hẽˈta.do]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ku.ʁẽˈta.du/ [ɐ.ku.ʁẽˈta.ðu]

Adjective

acorrentado (feminine acorrentada, masculine plural acorrentados, feminine plural acorrentadas)

  1. chained (bound in chains)
  2. (figurative) bound to someone of something
    Era um homem acorrentado pelo seu trabalho. ― He was a man bound by his work.

Participle

acorrentado (feminine acorrentada, masculine plural acorrentados, feminine plural acorrentadas)

  1. past participle of acorrentar
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