vermífugo
Portuguese, noun/veʁˈmi.fu.ɡu/
vermífugo is spelled V-E-R-M-Í-F-U-G-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 127,225th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vermífugo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “antiworm medicine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does vermífugo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
antiworm (preventing or eliminating worms, especially intestinal worms)
noun
- 1
masculineantiworm medicine
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of vermífugo
- vermífuga feminine
- vermífugos masculine plural
- vermífugas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vermífugo?
- Brazil /veʁˈmi.fu.ɡu/
- Brazil [veɦˈmi.fu.ɡu]
- /veɾˈmi.fu.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vermífugo in Portuguese?
vermífugo appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).