pedófilo

From Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs) +‎ -filo, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) and φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)).

• Rhymes: -ɔfilu
• Hyphenation: pe‧dó‧fi‧lo

pedófilo m (plural pedófilos, feminine pedófila, feminine plural pedófilas)

1. pedophile (an adult who is sexually attracted to children)

pedófilo (feminine pedófila, masculine plural pedófilos, feminine plural pedófilas)

1. pedophilic (sexually attracted to children)

• “pedófilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• paidófilo

From Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs) +‎ -filo, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophĭ́lēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) and φιλέω (philéō, “to love”)).

• IPA^(key): /peˈdofilo/ [peˈð̞o.fi.lo]
• Rhymes: -ofilo
• Syllabification: pe‧dó‧fi‧lo

pedófilo (feminine pedófila, masculine plural pedófilos, feminine plural pedófilas)

1. pedophilic (characteristic of an adult (man and woman) who is sexually attracted to children (boy and girl))

pedófilo m (plural pedófilos, feminine pedófila, feminine plural pedófilas)

1. pedophile (an adult (man and women) who is sexually attracted to children (boy and girl))

• 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]

• “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], 10 December 2024