metamorfose
Portuguese, noun/ˌmɛ.ta.moʁˈfɔ.zi/
metamorfose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “metamorphosis; transformation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mudança de forma ou da estrutura de algo a nível físico e/ou moral”.
What does metamorfose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemetamorphosis; transformation
- 2
femininemetamorphosis (change in the form and often habits of an animal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mudança de forma ou da estrutura de algo a nível físico e/ou moral 2. alteração biológica que sobrevém durante a vida animal principalmente dos insetos e dos batráquios
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 metamorfose
- metamorfoses plural
- metamorphose alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce metamorfose?
- Brazil /ˌmɛ.ta.moʁˈfɔ.zi/
- Brazil [ˌmɛ.ta.mohˈfɔ.zi]
- /ˌmɛ.ta.moɾˈfɔ.zi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to metamorfose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is metamorfose in Portuguese?
metamorfose appears 1.7 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).