phishing
Portuguese, noun/ˈfi.ʃĩ/
phishing is spelled P-H-I-S-H-I-N-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,715th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phishing is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “phishing (criminal activity consisting of sending unsolicited emails whose purpose is to induce the user to provide personal and/or…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does phishing mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinephishing (criminal activity consisting of sending unsolicited emails whose purpose is to induce the user to provide personal and/or financial data)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce phishing?
- Brazil /ˈfi.ʃĩ/
- Portugal /ˈfi.ʃĩɡ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to phishing
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is phishing in Portuguese?
phishing 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).