otaku
Portuguese, noun/oˈta.ku/
otaku is spelled O-T-A-K-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Otaku is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “weeb (one with an interest in something such as anime or manga)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fã de animes e mangás”.
What does otaku mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineslangweeb (one with an interest in something such as anime or manga)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fã de animes e mangás
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 otaku
- otakus plural
- otaka feminine nonstandard
- otakas feminine nonstandard plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce otaku?
- Brazil /oˈta.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to otaku
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is otaku in Portuguese?
otaku appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).