fobia
Portuguese, noun/foˈbi.ɐ/
fobia is spelled F-O-B-I-A (5 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,577th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fobia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “phobia (irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transtorno psicológico no qual a pessoa tem um medo ou aversão exagerado de alguma coisa”.
What does fobia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephobia (irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety)
suffix
- 1
feminine-phobia (used to form nouns meaning fear)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. exprime noção de repulsa, medo, asco
noun: 1. transtorno psicológico no qual a pessoa tem um medo ou aversão exagerado de alguma coisa
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 fobia
- fobias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fobia?
- Brazil /foˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal /fuˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal [fuˈβi.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fobia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fobia in Portuguese?
fobia appears 1.6 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).