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automutilação

Portuguese, noun/ˌaw.tu.mu.t͡ʃi.laˈsɐ̃w̃/

automutilação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “self-mutilation, self-harm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mutilação do próprio corpo”.

What does automutilação mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineself-mutilation, self-harm

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mutilação do próprio corpo

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 automutilação

  • automutilações plural

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

How do you pronounce automutilação?

  • Brazil /ˌaw.tu.mu.t͡ʃi.laˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • Brazil [ˌaʊ̯.tu.mu.t͡ʃi.laˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • Portugal /ˌaw.tɔ.mu.ti.lɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

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

How common is automutilação in Portuguese?

automutilação appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.

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