energúmeno
Portuguese, noun/e.neʁˈɡũ.me.nu/
energúmeno is spelled E-N-E-R-G-Ú-M-E-N-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Energúmeno is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “energumen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “endemoniado, possesso, possuído pelo demônio”.
What does energúmeno mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineenergumen
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. endemoniado, possesso, possuído pelo demônio 2. fanático 3. indivíduo desnorteado, exaltado 4. imbecil, idiota, mentecapto
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 energúmeno
- energúmenos plural
- energúmena feminine
- energúmenas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce energúmeno?
- Brazil /e.neʁˈɡũ.me.nu/
- Brazil [e.neɦˈɡũ.me.nu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is energúmeno in Portuguese?
energúmeno appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).