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pedófilo

Portuguese, noun/peˈdɔ.fi.lu/

pedófilo is spelled P-E-D-Ó-F-I-L-O (8 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,941st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pedófilo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pedophile (an adult who is sexually attracted to children)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que sente atração de natureza erótico-afetiva por criança; relativo à pedofilia”.

What does pedófilo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepedophile (an adult who is sexually attracted to children)

adjective

  1. 1

    pedophilic (sexually attracted to children)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. aquele que sente atração de natureza erótico-afetiva por criança; relativo à pedofilia

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 pedófilo

  • pedófilos plural
  • pedófila feminine
  • pedófilas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pedófilo?

  • Brazil /peˈdɔ.fi.lu/
  • Portugal /pɨˈdɔ.fi.lu/
  • Portugal [pɨˈðɔ.fi.lu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to pedófilo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is pedófilo in Portuguese?

pedófilo appears 2.4 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).

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