aporofobia
Spanish, noun/apoɾoˈfobja/
aporofobia is spelled A-P-O-R-O-F-O-B-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 182,048th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aporofobia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “aporophobia (hatred of poverty or poor people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Miedo hacia la pobreza o a los pobres”.
What does aporofobia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerareaporophobia (hatred of poverty or poor people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Miedo hacia la pobreza o a los pobres. 2. Hostilidad, rechazo u odio hacia los pobres.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aporofobia
- aporofobias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aporofobia?
- /apoɾoˈfobja/
- [a.po.ɾoˈfo.β̞ja]
- [apoɾoˈfoβ̞ja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aporofobia in Spanish?
aporofobia appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).