bestiário
Portuguese, noun/bes.t͡ʃiˈa.ɾju/
bestiário is spelled B-E-S-T-I-Á-R-I-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 89,875th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bestiário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bestiary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “antigo gladiador, criminoso ou mercenário que combatia com as feras no circo”.
What does bestiário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebestiary
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a bestas
noun: 1. antigo gladiador, criminoso ou mercenário que combatia com as feras no circo
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 bestiário
- bestiários plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bestiário?
- Brazil /bes.t͡ʃiˈa.ɾju/
- Brazil /besˈt͡ʃja.ɾju/
- /beʃ.t͡ʃiˈa.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bestiário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bestiário in Portuguese?
bestiário appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).