BDSM
Portuguese, noun/ˌbeˌdeˌɛ.siˈẽ.mi/
BDSM is spelled B-D-S-M (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). BDSM is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “BDSM (erotic practice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de práticas sexuais envolvendo bondage, disciplina, sadomasoquismo e/ou atos de dominação e submissão”.
What does BDSM mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineBDSM (erotic practice)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. acrônimo de bondage e disciplina (BD), dominação e submissão (DS) e sadomasoquismo (SM)
noun: 1. conjunto de práticas sexuais envolvendo bondage, disciplina, sadomasoquismo e/ou atos de dominação e submissão
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.
How do you pronounce BDSM?
- Brazil /ˌbeˌdeˌɛ.siˈẽ.mi/
- Portugal /ˌbeˌdeˌɛˈs‿ɛ.mɨ/
- Portugal [ˌbeˌðeˌɛˈs‿ɛ.mɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to BDSM
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is BDSM in Portuguese?
BDSM 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).