recado

/xeˈkadu/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
os recados

Meaning

  1. message

    • Deixe um recado.

      Leave a message.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

mensagem

recado is more informal or verbal, like "deixar um recado," to leave a message; mensagem is more general, like a text message.

Similar in other languages

German

Nachricht

Nachricht is the German word for the same thing — both mean "message."

Spanish

mensaje

mensaje is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "message."

French

message

message is the French word for the same thing — both mean "message."

Practice

1 What does recado mean?

2 Fill the gap: Deixe um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches recado?

noun

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