poligamia
Portuguese, noun/po.li.ɡaˈmi.ɐ/
poligamia is spelled P-O-L-I-G-A-M-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poligamia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “polygamy (the practice of having multiple spouses or partners)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “união conjugal de uma pessoa com duas ou mais outras ao mesmo tempo”.
What does poligamia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepolygamy (the practice of having multiple spouses or partners)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. união conjugal de uma pessoa com duas ou mais outras ao mesmo tempo: 2. condição de um indivíduo polígamo 3. estado de um animal que copula com vários indivíduos 4. característica de certas plantas, que possuem flores unissexuais e hermafroditas
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 poligamia
- poligamias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poligamia?
- Brazil /po.li.ɡaˈmi.ɐ/
- Portugal /pɔ.li.ɡɐˈmi.ɐ/
- Portugal [pɔ.li.ɣɐˈmi.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 poligamia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poligamia in Portuguese?
poligamia appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).