opróbrio
Portuguese, noun/oˈpɾɔ.bɾju/
opróbrio is spelled O-P-R-Ó-B-R-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 122,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opróbrio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “opprobrium (shameful and humiliating behaviour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande desonra pública; degradação social; ignomínia, vergonha, vexame”.
What does opróbrio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineopprobrium (shameful and humiliating behaviour)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande desonra pública; degradação social; ignomínia, vergonha, vexame 2. caráter daquilo que humilha, degrada; estado ou condição que revela alto grau de baixeza, torpeza; abjeção, degradação 3. ação ou dito que desonra, avilta, revela falta de apreço ou consideração; afronta, desprezo
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 opróbrio
- opróbrios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce opróbrio?
- Brazil /oˈpɾɔ.bɾju/
- Portugal /ɔˈpɾɔ.bɾi.u/
- Portugal [ɔˈpɾɔ.βɾi.u]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to opróbrio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is opróbrio in Portuguese?
opróbrio appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).