tripofobia
Portuguese, noun/tɾi.po.foˈbi.ɐ/
tripofobia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “trypophobia (irrational fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aversão patológica a buracos e cavidades aglomerados”.
What does tripofobia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrypophobia (irrational fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aversão patológica a buracos e cavidades aglomerados
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 tripofobia
- tripofobias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tripofobia?
- Brazil /tɾi.po.foˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal /tɾi.pu.fuˈbi.ɐ/
- Portugal [tɾi.pu.fuˈβi.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tripofobia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tripofobia in Portuguese?
tripofobia appears about once in every 76 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).