enfermo
Portuguese, adjective/ẽˈfeʁ.mu/
enfermo is spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfermo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “of a person, sick, ill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of enfermar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doente”.
What does enfermo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of a person, sick, ill
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of enfermar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. doente
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 enfermo
- enferma feminine
- enfermos masculine plural
- enfermas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enfermo?
- Brazil /ẽˈfeʁ.mu/
- Brazil [ẽˈfeɦ.mu]
- Brazil /ĩˈfeʁ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enfermo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enfermo in Portuguese?
enfermo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).