baseado

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

  • 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

      From Kariri badzé + Portuguese -ado.[1][2]

      Noun

      baseado m (plural baseados)

      1. (chiefly Brazil) joint (marijuana cigarette)
        Synonyms: beque, charro, coisa, jererê, mingote, boró, soró

      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, archived from the original on 14 May 2026
        2. ^ “baseado”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026

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