superego
Portuguese, noun/ˌsu.peɾˈɛ.ɡu/
superego is spelled S-U-P-E-R-E-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Superego is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “superego (part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “na teoria freudiana, é a parte do inconsciente que é formada pela internalização dos padrões morais dos pais…”.
What does superego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuperego (part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. na teoria freudiana, é a parte do inconsciente que é formada pela internalização dos padrões morais dos pais e da sociedade e que censura e restringe o ego
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 superego
- superegos plural
- supereu alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce superego?
- Brazil /ˌsu.peɾˈɛ.ɡu/
- Portugal /ˌsu.pɛɾˈɛ.ɡu/
- Portugal [ˌsu.pɛɾˈɛ.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to superego
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is superego in Portuguese?
superego appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).