agorafobia
Portuguese, noun/ˌa.ɡo.ɾa.foˈbi.ɐ/
agorafobia is spelled A-G-O-R-A-F-O-B-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 72,332nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agorafobia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “agoraphobia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medo irracional de estar em lugares abertos ou muito amplos”.
What does agorafobia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineagoraphobia
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 estar em lugares abertos ou muito amplos
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 agorafobia
- agorafobias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agorafobia?
- Brazil /ˌa.ɡo.ɾa.foˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌa.ɡu.ɾɐ.fuˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal [ˌa.ɣu.ɾɐ.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 agorafobia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agorafobia in Portuguese?
agorafobia appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).