profanidade
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.fa.niˈda.d͡ʒi/
profanidade is spelled P-R-O-F-A-N-I-D-A-D-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese, the 164,273rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Profanidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “profanity (the quality of being profane)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou dito profano; profanação”.
What does profanidade mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprofanity (the quality of being profane)
- 2
feminineprofanity (obscene, lewd or abusive language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou dito profano; profanação 2. qualidade ou condição de profano
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 profanidade
- profanidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce profanidade?
- Brazil /pɾo.fa.niˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Portugal /pɾu.fɐ.niˈda.dɨ/
- Portugal [pɾu.fɐ.niˈða.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to profanidade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is profanidade in Portuguese?
profanidade appears about once in every 32 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).