erógeno

See also: erogeno

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rém-e-tider.?

Pre-Greekder.?

Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō)

Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs)

Portuguese -geno

Portuguese erógeno

From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “sexual love, desire”) + Portuguese -geno.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈɾɔ.ʒe.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈɾɔ.ʒe.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈɾɔ.ʒe.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /eˈɾɔ.ʒɨ.nu/, /ɛˈɾɔ.ʒɨ.nu/

• Hyphenation: e‧ró‧ge‧no

Adjective

erógeno (feminine erógena, masculine plural erógenos, feminine plural erógenas)

1. (sexuality) erogenous

Derived terms

• zona erógena

Related terms

• erótico

See also

• erotógeno

Further reading

• “erógeno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “erógeno” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “erógeno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “erógeno”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “erógeno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “sexual love, desire”) +‎ -geno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈɾoxeno/ [eˈɾo.xe.no]
• Rhymes: -oxeno
• Syllabification: e‧ró‧ge‧no

Adjective

erógeno (feminine erógena, masculine plural erógenos, feminine plural erógenas)

1. (sexuality) erogenous

Derived terms

• zona erógena

Related terms

• erótico

Further reading

• “erógeno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025