sadismo
Portuguese, noun/saˈd͡ʒiz.mu/
sadismo is spelled S-A-D-I-S-M-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sadismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sadism (enjoyment of inflicting pain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “excitação e prazer sexual provocados pelo sofrimento alheio”.
What does sadismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesadism (enjoyment of inflicting pain)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. excitação e prazer sexual provocados pelo sofrimento alheio
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 sadismo
- sadismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sadismo?
- Brazil /saˈd͡ʒiz.mu/
- /saˈd͡ʒiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /sɐˈdiʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sadismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sadismo in Portuguese?
sadismo 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).