piromania
Portuguese, noun/ˌpi.ɾo.maˈni.ɐ/
piromania is spelled P-I-R-O-M-A-N-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piromania is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pyromania (obsession with fire)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transtorno de personalidade caracterizado por impulso incontrolável de provocar incêndios, acompanhado de…”.
What does piromania mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepyromania (obsession with fire)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. transtorno de personalidade caracterizado por impulso incontrolável de provocar incêndios, acompanhado de tensão antes do ato e alívio ou prazer após realizá-lo 2. fascínio ou atração patológica pelo fogo, sem motivação financeira, política ou de vingança
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.
How do you pronounce piromania?
- Brazil /ˌpi.ɾo.maˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌpi.ɾɔ.mɐˈni.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 piromania
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piromania in Portuguese?
piromania appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).