bullying
Portuguese, noun/ˈbu.lĩ/
bullying is spelled B-U-L-L-Y-I-N-G (8 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,307th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bullying is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bullying (persistent acts intended to make someone’s life unpleasant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “assédio escolar (atos de violência física ou psicológica, intencionais e repetidos, praticados por um…”.
What does bullying mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebullying (persistent acts intended to make someone’s life unpleasant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. assédio escolar (atos de violência física ou psicológica, intencionais e repetidos, praticados por um indivíduo ou grupo de indivíduos com o objetivo de intimidar ou agredir outro indivíduo ou grupo de indivíduos)
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 bullying
- búlingue alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bullying?
- Brazil /ˈbu.lĩ/
- Portugal /ˈbu.lĩ.ɡɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bullying
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bullying in Portuguese?
bullying appears 8.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).