aforismo
Portuguese, noun/a.foˈɾiz.mu/
aforismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “aphorism (short phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of aforismar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sentença que, em poucas palavras, explicita regra ou princípio de alcance moral”.
What does aforismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaphorism (short phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of aforismar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sentença que, em poucas palavras, explicita regra ou princípio de alcance moral 2. texto curto e sucinto, fundamento de um estilo fragmentário e assistemático na escrita filosófica, geralmente relacionado a uma reflexão de natureza prática ou moral
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 aforismo
- aforismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aforismo?
- Brazil /a.foˈɾiz.mu/
- /a.foˈɾiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ɐ.fuˈɾiʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aforismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aforismo in Portuguese?
aforismo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).