nefando
Portuguese, adjective/neˈfɐ̃.du/
nefando is spelled N-E-F-A-N-D-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese, the 167,801st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nefando is a Portuguese adjective meaning “vile, nefarious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abominável”.
What does nefando mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vile, nefarious
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. abominável 2. torpe
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 nefando
- nefanda feminine
- nefandos masculine plural
- nefandas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nefando?
- Brazil /neˈfɐ̃.du/
- Portugal /nɨˈfɐ̃.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nefando in Portuguese?
nefando appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).