quimera
Portuguese, noun/kiˈmɛ.ɾɐ/
quimera is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “chimera” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “monstro com corpo de cabra, cauda de dragão e cabeça de leão”.
What does quimera mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechimera
- 2
femininechimera, pipe dream
- 3
colloquialfemininerabbitfish (Chimaera monstrosa)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. monstro com corpo de cabra, cauda de dragão e cabeça de leão 2. fantasia absurda; ilusão
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 quimera
- quimeras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quimera?
- Brazil /kiˈmɛ.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /kiˈmɛ.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quimera
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quimera in Portuguese?
quimera 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).