nomofobia
Portuguese, noun/no.mo.foˈbi.ɐ/
nomofobia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nomophobia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “medo patológico de ficar sem acesso a dispositivos eletrónicos/eletrônicos como telefones, computadores etc”.
What does nomofobia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenomophobia
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. medo patológico de ficar sem acesso a dispositivos eletrónicos/eletrônicos como telefones, computadores etc. 2. dificuldade em não estar constantemente usando estes dispositivos ao longo do dia
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 nomofobia
- nomofobias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nomofobia?
- Brazil /no.mo.foˈbi.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 nomofobia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nomofobia in Portuguese?
nomofobia appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).