alexitimia
Spanish, noun/aleɡsiˈtimja/
alexitimia is spelled A-L-E-X-I-T-I-M-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 197,982nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alexitimia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “alexithymia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desorden que consiste en la incapacidad del sujeto para identificar las emociones propias y…”.
What does alexitimia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealexithymia
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Desorden que consiste en la incapacidad del sujeto para identificar las emociones propias y, consecuentemente, la imposibilidad para darles expresión verbal; igualmente la persona es capaz de interpretar correctamente las emociones de los demás y de responder adecuadamente a las mismas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce alexitimia?
- /aleɡsiˈtimja/
- [a.leɣ̞.siˈt̪i.mja]
- [aleksiˈt̪imja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alexitimia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alexitimia in Spanish?
alexitimia appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).