poltergeist
Portuguese, noun/pow.teʁˈɡajs.t͡ʃi/
poltergeist is spelled P-O-L-T-E-R-G-E-I-S-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poltergeist is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “poltergeist (a disruptive ghost)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fenômeno tido como de origem paranormal onde um ou mais espíritos assombram um lugar provocando manifestações…”.
What does poltergeist mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepoltergeist (a disruptive ghost)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fenômeno tido como de origem paranormal onde um ou mais espíritos assombram um lugar provocando manifestações físicas ruidosas, com intuito de causar medo entre os vivos
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 poltergeist
- poltergeists plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poltergeist?
- Brazil /pow.teʁˈɡajs.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [poʊ̯.teɦˈɡaɪ̯s.t͡ʃi]
- Brazil /pow.teʁˈɡajst͡ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poltergeist
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poltergeist in Portuguese?
poltergeist 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).