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antípoda

Portuguese, noun/ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.po.dɐ/

antípoda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “antipode (something directly opposite)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “habitante da Terra localizado em posição geográfica diametralmente oposta à de outro habitante”.

What does antípoda mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineantipode (something directly opposite)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. habitante da Terra localizado em posição geográfica diametralmente oposta à de outro habitante

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 antípoda

  • antípodas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce antípoda?

  • Brazil /ɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.po.dɐ/
  • Portugal /ɐ̃ˈti.pu.dɐ/
  • Portugal [ɐ̃ˈti.pu.ðɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to antípoda

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is antípoda in Portuguese?

antípoda appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).