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cosplay

Portuguese, noun/kɔsˈplej/

cosplay is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cosplay (art of dressing as characters)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fantasia usada por pessoas que frequentam convenções de animê”.

What does cosplay mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecosplay (art of dressing as characters)

    fazer cosplay de um personagem

  2. 2

    masculinecosplay (instance of dressing as a character)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. fantasia usada por pessoas que frequentam convenções de animê

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 cosplay?

  • Brazil /kɔsˈplej/
  • Brazil [kɔsˈpleɪ̯]
  • /kɔʃˈplej/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cosplay

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cosplay in Portuguese?

cosplay appears 1.1 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).