baseado

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.zeˈa.du/, /ba.ziˈa.du/ [ba.zɪˈa.du], (faster pronunciation) /baˈzja.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.zeˈa.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈzja.du/ [bɐˈzja.ðu]

  • Hyphenation: ba‧se‧a‧do

Etymology 1

From basear +‎ -ado.

Adjective

baseado (feminine baseada, masculine plural baseados, feminine plural baseadas)

  1. steadfast, based (having a solid base)
  2. (figurative) based (having a basis, as in an argument)
  3. (Northeast Brazil, colloquial) well-done
  4. (South Brazil, colloquial) experienced
  5. (chiefly military) based at (located at a particular place)

Participle

baseado (feminine baseada, masculine plural baseados, feminine plural baseadas)

  1. past participle of basear

Etymology 2

Uncertain, though possibly an adapted borrowing of Kariri badzé +‎ -ado.[1]

Noun

baseado m (plural baseados)

  1. (chiefly Brazil) joint (marijuana cigarette)
    Synonyms: beque, charro

Etymology 3

Semantic loan from English based.

Adjective

baseado (feminine baseada, masculine plural baseados, feminine plural baseadas)

  1. (Internet slang) based (admirable, praiseworthy)

References

  1. ^ José Elias Barbosa Borges (1983) “Influência da Língua Cariri no Português do Brasil”, in Educação e Cultura[1] (in Portuguese), volume III, number 10