anfitrião
Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃.fi.tɾiˈɐ̃w̃/
anfitrião is spelled A-N-F-I-T-R-I-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,602nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anfitrião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “host (one who receives or entertains a guest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que recebe outros em sua casa”.
What does anfitrião mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehost (one who receives or entertains a guest)
Ele agradeceu o anfitrião pela festa muito agradável.
- 2
masculinehost (server in a network)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que recebe outros em sua casa 2. hospitaleiro
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 anfitrião
- anfitriões plural
- anfitriãos plural
- anfitriã feminine
- anfitrioa feminine
- anfitriãs feminine plural
- anfitrioas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anfitrião?
- Brazil /ɐ̃.fi.tɾiˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ɐ̃.fi.tɾiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ɐ̃.fiˈtɾjɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anfitrião
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anfitrião in Portuguese?
anfitrião appears 5.4 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).