empáfia
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈpa.fjɐ/
empáfia is spelled E-M-P-Á-F-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empáfia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “arrogance, presumption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “orgulho vão”.
What does empáfia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearrogance, presumption
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. orgulho vão 2. soberba 3. altivez 4. embófia
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 empáfia
- empáfias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empáfia?
- Brazil /ẽˈpa.fjɐ/
- Brazil /ĩˈpa.fjɐ/
- Portugal /ẽˈpa.fjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empáfia in Portuguese?
empáfia appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).