borderline
Portuguese, noun/ˌbɔʁ.deʁˈlaj.ni/
borderline is spelled B-O-R-D-E-R-L-I-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borderline is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ellipsis of transtorno de personalidade borderline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does borderline mean in English?
adjective
- 1
colloquialborderline (exhibiting borderline personality disorder)
noun
- 1
masculineellipsis of transtorno de personalidade borderline
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculineborderline (person with borderline personality disorder)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of borderline
- borderlines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce borderline?
- Brazil /ˌbɔʁ.deʁˈlaj.ni/
- Brazil [ˌbɔɦ.deɦˈlaɪ̯.ni]
- Brazil /ˈbɔʁ.deʁ.laj̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is borderline in Portuguese?
borderline appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).