pavoroso
Portuguese, adjective/pa.voˈɾo.zu/
pavoroso is spelled P-A-V-O-R-O-S-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 63,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pavoroso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “gruesome; dreadful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade da ou do que causa pavor”.
What does pavoroso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
gruesome; dreadful
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. qualidade da ou do que causa pavor 2. que tem pavor
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 pavoroso
- pavorosa feminine
- pavorosos masculine plural
- pavorosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pavoroso?
- Brazil /pa.voˈɾo.zu/
- Portugal /pɐ.vuˈɾo.zu/
- Portugal /pɐ.buˈɾo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pavoroso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pavoroso in Portuguese?
pavoroso appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).