pederastia
Portuguese, noun/pe.de.ɾasˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
pederastia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pederasty (erotic relationship between a man and an adolescent boy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relação sexual ou afetiva entre um homem adulto e um menino adolescente”.
What does pederastia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepederasty (erotic relationship between a man and an adolescent boy)
- 2
derogatoryfemininemale homosexual relationship
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. relação sexual ou afetiva entre um homem adulto e um menino adolescente 2. homossexualidade masculina
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 pederastia
- pederastias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pederastia?
- Brazil /pe.de.ɾasˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
- /pe.de.ɾaʃˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
- Portugal /pɨ.dɨ.ɾɐʃˈti.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pederastia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pederastia in Portuguese?
pederastia appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).