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enfadonho

Portuguese, adjective/ẽ.faˈdõ.ɲu/

enfadonho is spelled E-N-F-A-D-O-N-H-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,059th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfadonho is a Portuguese adjective meaning “tedious; boring (inciting boredom)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que causa enfado”.

What does enfadonho mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    tedious; boring (inciting boredom)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que causa enfado

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 enfadonho

  • enfadonha feminine
  • enfadonhos masculine plural
  • enfadonhas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce enfadonho?

  • Brazil /ẽ.faˈdõ.ɲu/
  • Brazil [ẽ.faˈdõ.j̃u]
  • Brazil /ĩ.faˈdõ.ɲu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to enfadonho

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is enfadonho in Portuguese?

enfadonho appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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