anátema
Portuguese, noun/aˈna.te.mɐ/
anátema is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “anathema (sentence that expels a Catholic from the Church)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “excomunhão”.
What does anátema mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanathema (sentence that expels a Catholic from the Church)
- 2
masculinecurse, imprecation
- 3
masculinecondemnation, rebuke, reproof
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. excomunhão 2. maldição, imprecação
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 anátema
- anátemas plural
- anathema alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anátema?
- Brazil /aˈna.te.mɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈna.tɨ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anátema
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anátema in Portuguese?
anátema 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).