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gordofobia

Portuguese, noun/ˌɡoʁ.do.foˈbi.ɐ/

gordofobia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fatphobia (fear, dislike or discrimination of obese people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preconceito contra pessoas gordas”.

What does gordofobia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefatphobia (fear, dislike or discrimination of obese people)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. preconceito contra pessoas gordas

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 gordofobia?

  • Brazil /ˌɡoʁ.do.foˈbi.ɐ/
  • Brazil [ˌɡoɦ.do.foˈbi.ɐ]
  • /ˌɡoɾ.do.foˈbi.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 gordofobia

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gordofobia in Portuguese?

gordofobia appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).