ninfomania
Portuguese, noun/nĩ.fo.maˈni.ɐ/
ninfomania is spelled N-I-N-F-O-M-A-N-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ninfomania is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nymphomania (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nível elevado de desejo e de fantasias sexuais na mulher”.
What does ninfomania mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenymphomania (excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nível elevado de desejo e de fantasias sexuais na mulher
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 ninfomania
- ninfomanias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ninfomania?
- Brazil /nĩ.fo.maˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /nĩ.fu.mɐˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /nĩ.fɔ.mɐ.ˈni.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 ninfomania
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ninfomania in Portuguese?
ninfomania appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).