vilipêndio
Portuguese, noun
vilipêndio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “contempt; scorn; disdain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, vilipendio is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of vilipendiar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de tornar algo ou alguém vil, indigno, de rebaixar”.
What does vilipêndio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontempt; scorn; disdain
- 2
masculinedefamation; vilification
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of vilipendiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de tornar algo ou alguém vil, indigno, de rebaixar 2. falta de apreço ou consideração
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 vilipêndio
- vilipêndios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is vilipêndio in Portuguese?
vilipêndio appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).