alegoria
Portuguese, noun/a.le.ɡoˈɾi.ɐ/
alegoria is spelled A-L-E-G-O-R-I-A (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alegoria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “allegory (the representation of abstract principles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “série de metáforas ou uma metáfora que pretende concretizar um pensamento ou uma situação”.
What does alegoria mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineallegory (the representation of abstract principles)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. série de metáforas ou uma metáfora que pretende concretizar um pensamento ou uma situação 2. apresentação de ideias sob forma figurada 3. conjunto de elementos usados nas fantasias de carnaval para simbolizar uma ideia ou um fato
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 alegoria
- alegorias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alegoria?
- Brazil /a.le.ɡoˈɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.lɨ.ɡuˈɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal [ɐ.lɨ.ɣuˈɾi.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 alegoria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alegoria in Portuguese?
alegoria appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).