amor-próprio
The verdict
“amor-próprio” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sentimento de dignidade, estima ou respeito que cada qual tem por si mesmo
Corpus desk
Index PT-amor-proprio · amor-próprio · Portuguese
amor-próprio · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amor-próprio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “amor-próprio” em português
Rare enough to double-check
amor-próprio is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
amor-próprio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is amor-próprio, spelled A-M-O-R---P-R-Ó-P-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1sentimento de dignidade, estima ou respeito que cada qual tem por si mesmo
- 2(Derivação: por extensão de sentido) admiração ou orgulho excessivo de si mesmo; vaidade, soberba, imodéstia
- 3em Pascal (1623-1662), sentimento egoísta oposto à modéstia e à benevolência, vinculado ao esquecimento de Deus pelo coração humano
- 4em Rousseau (1712-1778), afeto eticamente condenável, originado da concorrência e da competição inerentes ao convívio social, que sucede e degenera o estado primitivo e moral de um ser humano ainda não socializado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amor-próprio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Obs.: por oposição a amor de si; confira filáucia
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.