pedófilo
See also: pedofilo
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs) + -filo, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophílēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) and φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔfilu
- Hyphenation: pe‧dó‧fi‧lo
Noun
[edit]pedófilo m (plural pedófilos, feminine pedófila, feminine plural pedófilas)
- pedophile (an adult who is sexually attracted to children)
Adjective
[edit]pedófilo (feminine pedófila, masculine plural pedófilos, feminine plural pedófilas)
- pedophilic (sexually attracted to children)
Further reading
[edit]- “pedófilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs) + -filo, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophílēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) and φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pedófilo (feminine pedófila, masculine plural pedófilos, feminine plural pedófilas)
- pedophilic (characteristic of an adult (man and woman) who is sexually attracted to children (boy and girl))
Noun
[edit]pedófilo m (plural pedófilos, feminine pedófila, feminine plural pedófilas)
- pedophile (an adult (man and women) who is sexually attracted to children (boy and girl))
Usage notes
[edit]- In Spanish, pederasta is the adult (man and women) who commits sexual abuse with children (boy and girl) and pedófilo is the adult (man and women) who only feels erotic or sexual attraction for children (boy and girl), even if he doesn't abuse them.[1]
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pedófilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
References
[edit]Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -filo
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔfilu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔfilu/4 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese adjectives
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish terms suffixed with -filo
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ofilo
- Rhymes:Spanish/ofilo/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns