histriônico
Portuguese, adjective
histriônico is spelled H-I-S-T-R-I-Ô-N-I-C-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese, the 180,215th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Histriônico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of histriónico” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, histriónico is a different word: “histrionic (relating to acting)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a histrião”.
What does histriônico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of histriónico
adjective
- 1
histrionic (relating to acting)
- 2
histrionic (excessively dramatic)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a histrião 2. que representa ou demonstra sentimentos com exagero
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 histriônico
- histriónica feminine
- histriónicos masculine plural
- histriónicas feminine plural
- histriônico alternative Brazil
- histriônica feminine
- histriônicos masculine plural
- histriônicas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to histriônico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is histriônico in Portuguese?
histriônico appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).