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esfolamento

Portuguese, noun/isˌfɔ.laˈmẽ.tu/

esfolamento is spelled E-S-F-O-L-A-M-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 145,565th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esfolamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chafe (injury or wear caused by friction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does esfolamento mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinechafe (injury or wear caused by friction)

  2. 2

    masculineflaying (instance of removing someone’s skin)

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

Forms of esfolamento

  • esfolamentos plural

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

How do you pronounce esfolamento?

  • Brazil /isˌfɔ.laˈmẽ.tu/
  • Brazil /esˌfɔ.laˈmẽ.tu/
  • /iʃˌfɔ.laˈmẽ.tu/

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

English words that translate to esfolamento

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

How common is esfolamento in Portuguese?

esfolamento appears about once in every 25 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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