diatribe
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.aˈtɾi.bi/
diatribe is spelled D-I-A-T-R-I-B-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 154,590th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diatribe is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diatribe (bitter denunciation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “crítica severa e mordaz”.
What does diatribe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediatribe (bitter denunciation)
- 2
femininediatribe (prolonged discourse)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. crítica severa e mordaz 2. discurso agressivo e injurioso
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 diatribe
- diatribes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diatribe?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.aˈtɾi.bi/
- Brazil /d͡ʒjaˈtɾi.bi/
- Portugal /di.ɐˈtɾi.bɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diatribe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diatribe in Portuguese?
diatribe appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).