carnificina
Portuguese, noun/kaʁ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/
carnificina is spelled C-A-R-N-I-F-I-C-I-N-A (11 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,882nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carnificina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “massacre, carnage, butchery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “matança”.
What does carnificina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemassacre, carnage, butchery
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. matança
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 carnificina
- carnificinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carnificina?
- Brazil /kaʁ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/
- Brazil [kaɦ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ]
- /kaɾ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carnificina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carnificina in Portuguese?
carnificina appears 1.7 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).