flagelo
Portuguese, noun/flaˈʒɛ.lu/
flagelo is spelled F-L-A-G-E-L-O (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flagelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “scourge; a whip, especially one used to hit people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of flagelar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chicote de açoitar”.
What does flagelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescourge; a whip, especially one used to hit people
- 2
masculinescourge (a persistent pest, illness, or source of trouble)
- 3
masculinebane, a cause of suffering or source of pain and anguish
- 4
masculineflagellum (whip-like appendage in bacteria and protists)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of flagelar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chicote de açoitar 2. pessoa incômoda, atrapalhadora 3. porção terminal da antena de insetos 4. estrutura locomotora de células flageladas
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 flagelo
- flagelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flagelo?
- Brazil /flaˈʒɛ.lu/
- Portugal /flɐˈʒe.lu/
- Portugal /flɐˈʒɛ.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flagelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flagelo in Portuguese?
flagelo appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).