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xenófobo

Portuguese, noun/ʃeˈnɔ.fo.bu/

xenófobo is spelled X-E-N-Ó-F-O-B-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xenófobo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “xenophobe (person who hates foreigners)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem aversão ao que é estrangeiro”.

What does xenófobo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    xenophobic (exhibiting or characteristic of xenophobia)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinexenophobe (person who hates foreigners)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que tem aversão ao que é estrangeiro

noun: 1. que tem aversão ao que é estrangeiro

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 xenófobo

  • xenófoba feminine
  • xenófobos masculine plural
  • xenófobas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce xenófobo?

  • Brazil /ʃeˈnɔ.fo.bu/
  • Portugal /ʃɨˈnɔ.fu.bu/
  • Portugal [ʃɨˈnɔ.fu.βu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to xenófobo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is xenófobo in Portuguese?

xenófobo 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).

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