kafkiano
Portuguese, adjective/ka.fi.kiˈɐ̃.nu/
kafkiano is spelled K-A-F-K-I-A-N-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 139,586th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kafkiano is a Portuguese adjective meaning “Kafkaesque (marked by menacing complexity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ao escritor Franz Kafka (1883-1924) ou à sua obra”.
What does kafkiano mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Kafkaesque (marked by menacing complexity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao escritor Franz Kafka (1883-1924) ou à sua obra
noun: 1. admirador ou conhecedor da obra de Kafka
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 kafkiano
- kafkiana feminine
- kafkianos masculine plural
- kafkianas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kafkiano?
- Brazil /ka.fi.kiˈɐ̃.nu/
- Brazil /ka.fiˈkjɐ̃.nu/
- Brazil /kaf.kiˈɐ̃.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kafkiano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kafkiano in Portuguese?
kafkiano appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).