delfim
Portuguese, noun/dewˈfĩ/
delfim is spelled D-E-L-F-I-M (6 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,535th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Delfim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dolphin (mammal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “animal mamífero cetáceo pertencente à família Delphinidae”.
What does delfim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedolphin (mammal)
noun
- 1
masculinedauphin
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. animal mamífero cetáceo pertencente à família Delphinidae
noun: 1. prenome masculino 2. constelação boreal, que tem forma de delfim
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 delfim
- delfins plural
- delfina feminine
- delfinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce delfim?
- Brazil /dewˈfĩ/
- Brazil [deʊ̯ˈfĩ]
- Portugal /dɛlˈfĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to delfim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is delfim in Portuguese?
delfim 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).