hentai
Portuguese, noun/ʁẽˈtaj/
hentai is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hentai (a work of anime or manga–Japanese cartoon art, respectively animated and static–that contains pornography)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “anime, mangá ou similares que contêm conteúdo pornográfico”.
What does hentai mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehentai (a work of anime or manga–Japanese cartoon art, respectively animated and static–that contains pornography)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. anime, mangá ou similares que contêm conteúdo pornográfico 2. pessoa ou coisa estranha; animes com coisas estranhas
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 hentai
- hentais plural
- hen.tai canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hentai?
- Brazil /ʁẽˈtaj/
- Brazil [hẽˈtaɪ̯]
- Brazil /ẽˈtaj/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hentai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hentai in Portuguese?
hentai 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).