efeminado
Portuguese, adjective/e.fe.miˈna.du/
efeminado is spelled E-F-E-M-I-N-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,841st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Efeminado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “alternative form of afeminado” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se de homem que não é masculino ou que tem características/modos de mulher”.
What does efeminado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
alternative form of afeminado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de homem que não é masculino ou que tem características/modos de mulher
noun: 1. homem não-masculino, ou com características/modos de mulher
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 efeminado
- efeminada feminine
- efeminados masculine plural
- efeminadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce efeminado?
- Brazil /e.fe.miˈna.du/
- Portugal /i.fɨ.miˈna.du/
- Portugal [i.fɨ.miˈna.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to efeminado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is efeminado in Portuguese?
efeminado appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).