acrofobia
Portuguese, noun/ˌa.kɾo.foˈbi.ɐ/
acrofobia is spelled A-C-R-O-F-O-B-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 145,565th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acrofobia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “acrophobia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medo irracional de lugares elevados”.
What does acrofobia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacrophobia
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. medo irracional de lugares elevados
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of acrofobia
- acrofobias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce acrofobia?
- Brazil /ˌa.kɾo.foˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌa.kɾɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal [ˌa.kɾɔ.fuˈβi.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acrofobia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acrofobia in Portuguese?
acrofobia appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).