This is the 4370th most frequent Portuguese word.
arrecadado
"Arrecadado" means "collected" or "gathered" in English.
In this sentence, 'arrecadado' is used as a participle meaning 'collected,' describing the money obtained through some fundraising activity.
O dinheiro arrecadado será usado para construir a nova biblioteca.
The money collected will be used to construct the new library.
Here, 'arrecadados' is the past participle of 'arrecadar,' functioning as part of a passive construction indicating that taxes are collected as an action performed by the government.
Os impostos são arrecadados pelo governo para financiar projetos públicos.
Taxes are collected by the government to finance public projects.
In this example, 'arrecadou' is the past tense form of 'arrecadar,' meaning 'raised' or 'collected,' used in reference to the NGO's activity of gathering funds.