elevado

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlevātus, perfect passive participle of ēlevō (“to raise”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.leˈva.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.leˈva.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.lɨˈva.du/ [i.lɨˈva.ðu]

Adjective

elevado (feminine elevada, masculine plural elevados, feminine plural elevadas, comparable, comparative mais elevado, superlative o mais elevado or elevadíssimo, diminutive elevadinho)

  1. elevated; raised; high (at a great distance from the ground)
    Synonym: alto
    Antonym: baixo
  2. (of a quantity or value) high; great
  3. (of qualities) superior (being greater or better than average)
    Inteligência elevada. ― Superior intelligence.
    Moral elevada. ― Superior morals.
    Synonym: superior
    Antonym: inferior

Derived terms

Participle

elevado (feminine elevada, masculine plural elevados, feminine plural elevadas)

  1. past participle of elevar

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eleˈbado/ [e.leˈβ̞a.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: e‧le‧va‧do

Adjective

elevado (feminine elevada, masculine plural elevados, feminine plural elevadas)

  1. high, elevated

Derived terms

Derived terms

Participle

elevado (feminine elevada, masculine plural elevados, feminine plural elevadas)

  1. past participle of elevar

Further reading
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