pavor
Portuguese, noun/paˈvoʁ/
pavor is spelled P-A-V-O-R (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,080th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pavor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “intense fear, dread” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado de intenso susto ou medo”.
What does pavor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineintense fear, dread
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estado de intenso susto ou medo
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 pavor
- pavores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pavor?
- Brazil /paˈvoʁ/
- Brazil [paˈvoh]
- /paˈvoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pavor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pavor in Portuguese?
pavor appears 2.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).