frenesi
Portuguese, noun/fɾe.neˈzi/
frenesi is spelled F-R-E-N-E-S-I (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frenesi is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “frenzy (state of wild activity or panic)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença cerebral causada pela inflamação das meninges”.
What does frenesi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefrenzy (state of wild activity or panic)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença cerebral causada pela inflamação das meninges 2. impaciência 3. inquietação 4. fúria
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 frenesi
- frenesis plural
- frenesim alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frenesi?
- Brazil /fɾe.neˈzi/
- Portugal /fɾɨ.nɨˈzi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frenesi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frenesi in Portuguese?
frenesi appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).