antropofagia
Portuguese, noun/ˌɐ̃.tɾo.po.faˈʒi.ɐ/
antropofagia is spelled A-N-T-R-O-P-O-F-A-G-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 79,437th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Antropofagia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “anthropophagy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação ou efeito de antropófago”.
What does antropofagia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanthropophagy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação ou efeito de antropófago 2. ato de comer vísceras (especialmente, carne) humanas
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 antropofagia
- antropofagias plural
- anthropophagia alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce antropofagia?
- Brazil /ˌɐ̃.tɾo.po.faˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ̃ˌtɾɔ.pɔ.fɐˈʒi.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 antropofagia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is antropofagia in Portuguese?
antropofagia appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).