caquexia
Spanish, noun/kaˈkeɡsja/
caquexia is spelled C-A-Q-U-E-X-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 189,865th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caquexia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cachexia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Decoloración de las zonas verdes de las plantas por faltarles luz”.
What does caquexia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecachexia
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Decoloración de las zonas verdes de las plantas por faltarles luz 2. Estado de extrema desnutrición, atrofia muscular, fatiga, debilidad o anorexia en personas que no están tratando activamente de perder peso. Puede ser un síntoma de algunas patologías como el cáncer, la tuberculosis o el SIDA
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.
Forms of caquexia
- caquexias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caquexia?
- /kaˈkeɡsja/
- [kaˈkeɣ̞.sja]
- [kaˈkeksja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caquexia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caquexia in Spanish?
caquexia appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).