pedófilo
See also: pedofilo
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom 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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- Hyphenation: pe‧dó‧fi‧lo
Noun
editpedófilo m (plural pedófilos, feminine pedófila, feminine plural pedófilas)
- pedophile (an adult who is sexually attracted to children)
Adjective
editpedófilo (feminine pedófila, masculine plural pedófilos, feminine plural pedófilas)
- sexually attracted to children
Further reading
edit- “pedófilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs) + -filo, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophílēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) and φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpedófilo (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
editpedófilo 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
editFurther reading
edit- “pedófilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
References
editCategories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -filo
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- 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