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hermafrodito

Portuguese, noun/ˌɛʁ.ma.fɾoˈd͡ʒi.tu/

hermafrodito is spelled H-E-R-M-A-F-R-O-D-I-T-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese, the 241,242nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hermafrodito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “synonym of hermafrodita m or f by sense (“hermaphrodite”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “hermafrodita”.

What does hermafrodito mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    synonym of hermafrodita (“hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic”)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesynonym of hermafrodita m or f by sense (“hermaphrodite”)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. filho de Hermes e de Afrodite que herdou a beleza de ambos. Ao banhar-se na fonte de Sálmacis, a ninfa que aí vivia, apaixonou-se por ele. Ele recusou-a, mas a ninfa obteve dos deuses o poder de unir-se a ele para sempre e tornaram-se um único ser com os dois sexos

adjective: 1. hermafrodita

noun: 1. hermafrodita

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 hermafrodito

  • hermafrodita feminine
  • hermafroditos masculine plural
  • hermafroditas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce hermafrodito?

  • Brazil /ˌɛʁ.ma.fɾoˈd͡ʒi.tu/
  • Brazil [ˌɛɦ.ma.fɾoˈd͡ʒi.tu]
  • /ˌɛɾ.ma.fɾoˈd͡ʒi.tu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is hermafrodito in Portuguese?

hermafrodito appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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