prosopopeia
Portuguese, noun
prosopopeia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “prosopopoeia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, prosopopéia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of prosopopeia; may still occur…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “figura de retórica que consiste em dar o dom da palavra a seres inanimados, animais ou aos mortos…”.
What does prosopopeia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprosopopoeia
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of prosopopeia; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. figura de retórica que consiste em dar o dom da palavra a seres inanimados, animais ou aos mortos; personificação (por exemplo, na fábula, em que é um recurso estilístico indispensável) 2. discurso empolado 3. vaidade
noun: 1. vide prosopopeia
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 prosopopeia
- prosopopeias plural
- prosopopéia alternative
- prosopopéias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is prosopopeia in Portuguese?
prosopopeia appears about once in every 39 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).