mirabolante
Portuguese, adjective/mi.ɾa.boˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
mirabolante is spelled M-I-R-A-B-O-L-A-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mirabolante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “excessively grandiose and impossible to achieve, infeasible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ridiculamente vistoso; espalhafatoso”.
What does mirabolante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineexcessively grandiose and impossible to achieve, infeasible
- 2
femininemasculineabsurd; fantastic
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ridiculamente vistoso; espalhafatoso
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 mirabolante
- mirabolantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mirabolante?
- Brazil /mi.ɾa.boˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /mi.ɾɐ.buˈlɐ̃.tɨ/
- Portugal [mi.ɾɐ.βuˈlɐ̃.tɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mirabolante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mirabolante in Portuguese?
mirabolante appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).