aracnofobia
Portuguese, noun/aˌɾa.ki.no.foˈbi.ɐ/
aracnofobia is spelled A-R-A-C-N-O-F-O-B-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aracnofobia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “arachnophobia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medo, fobia de aranhas”.
What does aracnofobia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearachnophobia
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. medo, fobia de aranhas
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 aracnofobia
- aracnofobias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aracnofobia?
- Brazil /aˌɾa.ki.no.foˈbi.ɐ/
- Brazil /aˌɾak.no.foˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˌɾak.nɔ.fuˈbi.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 aracnofobia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aracnofobia in Portuguese?
aracnofobia appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).