libido
Portuguese, noun/liˈbi.du/
libido is spelled L-I-B-I-D-O (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,500th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Libido is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “libido (sexual urges or drives)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “impulso ou desejo sexual; afrodisia”.
What does libido mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinelibido (sexual urges or drives)
- 2
femininemasculinelibido (drives based on sexual instincts)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. impulso ou desejo sexual; afrodisia 2. segundo Freud, é a força imanente a todo o processo psíquico; energia psíquica por excelência
noun: 1. idioma do grupo cuchítico, falado na Etiópia
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 libido
- libidos plural
- líbido alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce libido?
- Brazil /liˈbi.du/
- Portugal /liˈbi.du/
- Portugal [liˈβi.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to libido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is libido in Portuguese?
libido appears 1.0 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).