hediondo
Portuguese, adjective/e.d͡ʒiˈõ.du/
hediondo is spelled H-E-D-I-O-N-D-O (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,500th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hediondo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “heinous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “depravado, horrendo, medonho, pavoroso, repelente, repugnante, repulsivo, sórdido”.
What does hediondo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heinous
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. depravado, horrendo, medonho, pavoroso, repelente, repugnante, repulsivo, sórdido
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 hediondo
- hedionda feminine
- hediondos masculine plural
- hediondas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hediondo?
- Brazil /e.d͡ʒiˈõ.du/
- Brazil /eˈd͡ʒjõ.du/
- Portugal /iˈdjõ.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hediondo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hediondo in Portuguese?
hediondo appears 1.0 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).