simulacro
Portuguese, noun/si.muˈla.kɾu/
simulacro is spelled S-I-M-U-L-A-C-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Simulacro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “simulacrum (image or representation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “imitação, fingimento”.
What does simulacro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesimulacrum (image or representation)
- 2
masculineghost (spirit appearing after death)
- 3
masculineimitation
- 4
masculinesimulation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. imitação, fingimento
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 simulacro
- simulacros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce simulacro?
- Brazil /si.muˈla.kɾu/
- Portugal /si.muˈla.kɾu/
- Portugal /si.mu.ˈla.kɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to simulacro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is simulacro in Portuguese?
simulacro appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).