elevado

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈva.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈva.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.leˈva.do/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨˈva.du/ [i.lɨˈva.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨˈva.du/ [i.lɨˈva.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɨˈba.du/ [i.lɨˈβa.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)

   Synonym: superior

   Antonym: inferior

   Inteligência elevada. ― Superior intelligence.

   Moral elevada. ― Superior morals.

Derived terms

• elevado a

Related terms

• elevação
• elevadamente
• elevadiço
• elevador
• elevamento
• elevar

Participle

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

1. past participle of elevar

Further reading

• “elevado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “elevado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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

• elevadamente

Derived terms

• paso elevado

Participle

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

1. past participle of elevar

Further reading

• “elevado”, 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