reformado

English

Etymology

From Spanish reformar, from Latin refōrmāre.

Noun

reformado (plural reformados or reformadoes)

1. A monk of a reformed order.
   • 1631, John Weever, Ancient Funerall Monuments:

     This was one of Celestin the pope's caveats for his new reformadoes

2. A disgraced officer who is deprived of command, but retains rank and sometimes pay.
   • 1648, Clement Walker, The History of Independency:

     Turn all the Reformado's out of the Line: Withdraw all their Guards from the Houses

References

• “reformado”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• door frame, door-frame, doorframe

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.foʁˈma.du/ [he.foɦˈma.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.foʁˈma.du/ [he.foɦˈma.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.foɾˈma.du/ [he.foɾˈma.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.foʁˈma.du/ [χe.foʁˈma.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.foɻˈma.do/ [he.foɻˈma.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fuɾˈma.du/ [ʁɨ.fuɾˈma.ðu]

• Hyphenation: re‧for‧ma‧do

Noun

reformado m (plural reformados, feminine reformada, feminine plural reformadas)

1. pensioner, retiree

   Synonym: aposentado

Participle

reformado (feminine reformada, masculine plural reformados, feminine plural reformadas)

1. past participle of reformar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refoɾˈmado/ [re.foɾˈma.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: re‧for‧ma‧do

Adjective

reformado (feminine reformada, masculine plural reformados, feminine plural reformadas)

1. reformed

Participle

reformado (feminine reformada, masculine plural reformados, feminine plural reformadas)

1. past participle of reformar

Further reading

• “reformado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014