pesadelo
Portuguese, noun/pe.zaˈde.lu/
pesadelo is spelled P-E-S-A-D-E-L-O (8 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pesadelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “nightmare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sonho ruim”.
What does pesadelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenightmare
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sonho ruim 2. pessoa ou coisa ruim
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 pesadelo
- pesadelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pesadelo?
- Brazil /pe.zaˈde.lu/
- Portugal /pɨ.zɐˈde.lu/
- Portugal [pɨ.zɐˈðe.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 pesadelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pesadelo in Portuguese?
pesadelo appears 13 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).