criptozoologia
Portuguese, noun/ˌkɾip.to.zo.o.loˈʒi.ɐ/
criptozoologia is spelled C-R-I-P-T-O-Z-O-O-L-O-G-I-A (14 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese, the 176,436th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Criptozoologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cryptozoology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pseudociência e subcultura que busca e estuda animais desconhecidos, lendários ou extintos cuja existência…”.
What does criptozoologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecryptozoology
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pseudociência e subcultura que busca e estuda animais desconhecidos, lendários ou extintos cuja existência atual é contestada ou infundada, particularmente aqueles populares no folclore, como o Pé Grande estadunidense, o Monstro do Lago Ness escocês, o chupacabras da América Latina ou o iéti dos Himalaias
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 criptozoologia
- criptozoologias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce criptozoologia?
- Brazil /ˌkɾip.to.zo.o.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Brazil /ˌkɾi.pi.to.zo.o.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌkɾip.tɔ.zwu.luˈʒi.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 criptozoologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is criptozoologia in Portuguese?
criptozoologia appears about once in every 38 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).