miséria
Portuguese, noun
miséria is spelled M-I-S-É-R-I-A (7 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,745th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Miséria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “misery, distress (extreme pain of body or mind)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, miseria is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado de miserável”.
What does miséria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemisery, distress (extreme pain of body or mind)
- 2
femininemisery (extreme poverty)
- 3
femininemisery (calamity, misfortune)
- 4
femininesqualor (filthiness and degradation)
- 5
feminineinformalpittance, a meager wage or remuneration
Elas ganham uma miséria.
- 6
derogatoryfeminineslangwretch (an annoying or despicable person)
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of miséria
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estado de miserável 2. infortúnio 3. pobreza 4. penúria
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 miséria
- miserias plural
- misérias plural
- miseria alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to miséria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is miséria in Portuguese?
miséria appears 9.3 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).