apetite
Portuguese, noun/a.peˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi/
apetite is spelled A-P-E-T-I-T-E (7 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,812th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apetite is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “appetite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vontade de comer”.
What does apetite mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineappetite
- 2
masculinecraving
- 3
masculinedesire; passion; ambition
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vontade de comer 2. desejo, vontade
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 apetite
- apetites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apetite?
- Brazil /a.peˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /a.piˈt͡ʃi.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /ɐ.pɨˈti.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 apetite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apetite in Portuguese?
apetite appears 6.8 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).