excruciante
Portuguese, adjective/is.kɾu.siˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
excruciante is spelled E-X-C-R-U-C-I-A-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 106,884th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Excruciante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “excruciating (causing great pain or anguish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que excrucia”.
What does excruciante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineexcruciating (causing great pain or anguish)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que excrucia 2. pungente, lancinante
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 excruciante
- excruciantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce excruciante?
- Brazil /is.kɾu.siˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /is.kɾuˈsjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /es.kɾu.siˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to excruciante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is excruciante in Portuguese?
excruciante appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).