flema
Spanish, noun/ˈflema/
flema is spelled F-L-E-M-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 51,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flema is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “phlegm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mucosidad producida en el aparato respiratorio de los mamíferos”.
What does flema mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephlegm
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mucosidad producida en el aparato respiratorio de los mamíferos. 2. Actitud impasible o apática, atribuida en la antigüedad a la abundancia de flema en el cuerpo.
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 flema
- flemas plural
- flegma alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flema?
- /ˈflema/
- [ˈfle.ma]
- [ˈflema]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flema
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flema in Spanish?
flema appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).