sarcófago
Portuguese, noun/saʁˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/
sarcófago is spelled S-A-R-C-Ó-F-A-G-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,523rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sarcófago is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sarcophagus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sepulcro em forma de ataúde”.
What does sarcófago mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesarcophagus
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. carnívoro 2. que corrói ou consome as carnes
noun: 1. sepulcro em forma de ataúde 2. parte do monumento fúnebre que, embora não contenha o corpo do defunto, representa o ataúde
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 sarcófago
- sarcófagos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sarcófago?
- Brazil /saʁˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/
- Brazil [sahˈkɔ.fa.ɡu]
- /saɾˈkɔ.fa.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sarcófago
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sarcófago in Portuguese?
sarcófago appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).