fotofobia
Portuguese, noun/ˌfɔ.to.foˈbi.ɐ/
fotofobia is spelled F-O-T-O-F-O-B-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 83,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fotofobia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “photophobia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aversão à luz”.
What does fotofobia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephotophobia
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aversão à luz
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.
How do you pronounce fotofobia?
- Brazil /ˌfɔ.to.foˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌfɔ.tɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal [ˌfɔ.tɔ.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 fotofobia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fotofobia in Portuguese?
fotofobia appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).