ojeriza
Portuguese, noun/o.ʒeˈɾi.zɐ/
ojeriza is spelled O-J-E-R-I-Z-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 91,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ojeriza is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “aversion; repugnance (intense dislike)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nojo, asco”.
What does ojeriza mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaversion; repugnance (intense dislike)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nojo, asco
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 ojeriza
- ojerizas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ojeriza?
- Brazil /o.ʒeˈɾi.zɐ/
- Portugal /ɔ.ʒɨˈɾi.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ojeriza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ojeriza in Portuguese?
ojeriza appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).