orwelliano
Portuguese, adjective/oʁ.we.liˈɐ̃.nu/
orwelliano is spelled O-R-W-E-L-L-I-A-N-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orwelliano is a Portuguese adjective meaning “Orwellian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “totalitário, repressivo, distópico”.
What does orwelliano mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Orwellian
- 2
totalitarian
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. totalitário, repressivo, distópico
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 orwelliano
- orwelliana feminine
- orwellianos masculine plural
- orwellianas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orwelliano?
- Brazil /oʁ.we.liˈɐ̃.nu/
- Brazil [oh.we.liˈɐ̃.nu]
- Brazil /oʁ.weˈljɐ̃.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orwelliano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orwelliano in Portuguese?
orwelliano appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).