microcefalia
Spanish, noun/ˌmikɾoθeˈfalja/
microcefalia is spelled M-I-C-R-O-C-E-F-A-L-I-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microcefalia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “microcephaly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Afección en la cual la cabeza de una persona es considerablemente más pequeña de lo normal para su edad y sexo”.
What does microcefalia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemicrocephaly
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Afección en la cual la cabeza de una persona es considerablemente más pequeña de lo normal para su edad y sexo
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 microcefalia
- microcefalias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microcefalia?
- /ˌmikɾoθeˈfalja/
- [ˌmi.kɾo.θeˈfa.lja]
- /ˌmikɾoseˈfalja/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to microcefalia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is microcefalia in Spanish?
microcefalia appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).