significado

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin significō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin significātuslbor.

Galician significado

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)

1. meaning

   Synonym: sentido

Participle

significado (feminine significada, masculine plural significados, feminine plural significadas)

1. past participle of significar

Portuguese

Etymology

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Latin significō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin significātusbor.

Portuguese significado

Borrowed from Latin significātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka.du/, /siɡ.ni.fiˈka.du/

• (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]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: sig‧ni‧fi‧ca‧do

Noun

significado m (plural significados)

1. 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)

1. 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

Etymology tree

Latin significō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin significātusbor.

Spanish significado

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)

1. significant

   Synonym: significante

2. important

   Synonym: importante

3. well-known

   Synonym: conocido

Noun

significado m (plural significados)

1. significance

   Synonyms: significancia, significación

2. meaning

   Synonym: sentido

Participle

significado (feminine significada, masculine plural significados, feminine plural significadas)

1. 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