formigamento
Portuguese, noun/foʁ.mi.ɡaˈmẽ.tu/
formigamento is spelled F-O-R-M-I-G-A-M-E-N-T-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,963rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formigamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tingling; formication (sensation similar to insects crawling over or within the skin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reação momentânea do corpo à uma compressão dos nervos ou ausência de circulação em certa parte que lembra a…”.
What does formigamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetingling; formication (sensation similar to insects crawling over or within the skin)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. reação momentânea do corpo à uma compressão dos nervos ou ausência de circulação em certa parte que lembra a sensação de formigas andando na pele; dormência 2. desejo compulsivo
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 formigamento
- formigamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formigamento?
- Brazil /foʁ.mi.ɡaˈmẽ.tu/
- Brazil [foɦ.mi.ɡaˈmẽ.tu]
- /foɾ.mi.ɡaˈmẽ.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 formigamento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formigamento in Portuguese?
formigamento 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).