licantropia
Portuguese, noun/li.kɐ̃.tɾoˈpi.ɐ/
licantropia is spelled L-I-C-A-N-T-R-O-P-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Licantropia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lycanthropy (ability to shapeshift into a wolf)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença mental em que o paciente se supõe transformado em lobo”.
What does licantropia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelycanthropy (ability to shapeshift into a wolf)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença mental em que o paciente se supõe transformado em lobo
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.
How do you pronounce licantropia?
- Brazil /li.kɐ̃.tɾoˈpi.ɐ/
- Portugal /li.kɐ̃.tɾuˈpi.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 licantropia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is licantropia in Portuguese?
licantropia appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).