apavorante
Portuguese, adjective/a.pa.voˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
apavorante is spelled A-P-A-V-O-R-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apavorante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “scary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does apavorante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinescary
- 2
femininemasculinehorrifying
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of apavorante
- apavorantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apavorante?
- Brazil /a.pa.voˈɾɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɐ.pɐ.vuˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal /ɐ.pɐ.buˈɾɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apavorante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apavorante in Portuguese?
apavorante appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).