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heterofobia

Portuguese, noun/ˌɛ.te.ɾo.foˈbi.ɐ/

heterofobia is spelled H-E-T-E-R-O-F-O-B-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heterofobia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “heterophobia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “repulsa, medo ou ódio em relação a heterossexualidade”.

What does heterofobia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineheterophobia

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. repulsa, medo ou ódio em relação a heterossexualidade 2. que tem fobia aos que são diferentes de si

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 heterofobia

  • heterofobias plural

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

How do you pronounce heterofobia?

  • Brazil /ˌɛ.te.ɾo.foˈbi.ɐ/
  • Portugal /ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/
  • Portugal [ˌɛ.tɨ.ɾɔ.fuˈβi.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 heterofobia

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

How common is heterofobia in Portuguese?

heterofobia appears about once in every 4 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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