submundo
Portuguese, noun/ˌsubˈmũ.du/
submundo is spelled S-U-B-M-U-N-D-O (8 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,093rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Submundo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “underworld” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estrato oculto ou marginal da sociedade, frequentemente associado à ilegalidade ou ao sigilo”.
What does submundo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineunderworld
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estrato oculto ou marginal da sociedade, frequentemente associado à ilegalidade ou ao sigilo 2. ambiente onde predominam atividades ilícitas ou clandestinas, como o crime organizado 3. no contexto mitológico, a região dos mortos ou das divindades ctônicas
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 submundo
- submundos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce submundo?
- Brazil /ˌsubˈmũ.du/
- Brazil /ˌsu.biˈmũ.du/
- Portugal /ˌsubˈmũ.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to submundo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is submundo in Portuguese?
submundo appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).