homofobia
Portuguese, noun/ˌõ.mo.foˈbi.ɐ/
homofobia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “homophobia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medo, asco ou ódio em relação aos homossexuais”.
What does homofobia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehomophobia
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. medo, asco ou ódio em relação aos homossexuais 2. qualquer ato de violência, física ou verbal, discriminação ou preconceito realizados contra pessoas homossexuais 3. que tem fobia aos que são iguais a 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 homofobia
- homofobias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce homofobia?
- Brazil /ˌõ.mo.foˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌɔ.mɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal [ˌɔ.mɔ.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 homofobia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is homofobia in Portuguese?
homofobia appears 5.8 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).