lacrimogêneo
Portuguese, adjective
lacrimogêneo is spelled L-A-C-R-I-M-O-G-Ê-N-E-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,050th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lacrimogêneo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of lacrimogéneo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, lacrimogéneo is a different word: “lachrymogenic”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que causa lágrimas, muito triste”.
What does lacrimogêneo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of lacrimogéneo
adjective
- 1
lachrymogenic
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que causa lágrimas, muito triste 2. diz-se do gás que causa lágrimas
noun: 1. gás que causa lágrimas, sem danificar os olhos, usado para dispersão de multidões
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 lacrimogêneo
- lacrimogénea feminine
- lacrimogéneos masculine plural
- lacrimogéneas feminine plural
- lacrimogêneo alternative Brazil
- lacrimogênea feminine
- lacrimogêneos masculine plural
- lacrimogêneas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is lacrimogêneo in Portuguese?
lacrimogêneo appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).