terror
Portuguese, noun/teˈʁoʁ/
terror is spelled T-E-R-R-O-R (6 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,420th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terror is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “terror (intense fear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado de intenso pavor”.
What does terror mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineterror (intense fear)
- 2
Brazilmasculineslanga very troublesome person or thing
Você é um terror, garoto!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estado de intenso pavor 2. estado de constante medo 3. gênero de filme que explora temas e cenas que causam medo
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 terror
- terrores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terror?
- Brazil /teˈʁoʁ/
- Brazil [teˈhoh]
- /teˈʁoɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to terror
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terror in Portuguese?
terror appears 38 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).