cleptomania
Portuguese, noun/ˌklɛp.to.maˈni.ɐ/
cleptomania is spelled C-L-E-P-T-O-M-A-N-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cleptomania is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “kleptomania (proclivity to steal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença psiquiátrica que provoca uma incapacidade de resistir ao impulso de furtar (geralmente objetos sem…”.
What does cleptomania mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekleptomania (proclivity to steal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença psiquiátrica que provoca uma incapacidade de resistir ao impulso de furtar (geralmente objetos sem valor), sem muita consciência e frequentemente sem necessidade (código no CID-10: F63.2)
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.
How do you pronounce cleptomania?
- Brazil /ˌklɛp.to.maˈni.ɐ/
- Brazil /ˌklɛ.pi.to.maˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌklɛp.tɔ.mɐˈni.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cleptomania
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cleptomania in Portuguese?
cleptomania appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).