chifre
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃi.fɾi/
chifre is spelled C-H-I-F-R-E (6 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,535th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chifre is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “horn, antler (bone outgrowth on the head of some mammals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of chifrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apêndice duro, recurvo e pontudo da cabeça de certos animais”.
What does chifre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehorn, antler (bone outgrowth on the head of some mammals)
- 2
Brazilcolloquialmasculinea romantic betrayal; cheating; cuckolding
colocar chifre em alguém
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. apêndice duro, recurvo e pontudo da cabeça de certos animais 2. traição conjugal
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 chifre
- chifres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chifre?
- Brazil /ˈʃi.fɾi/
- Portugal /ˈʃi.fɾɨ/
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃi.fɾɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chifre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chifre in Portuguese?
chifre appears 2.7 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).