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onicofagia

Spanish, noun[onikoˈfaxja]

onicofagia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “onychophagia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Afición a comerse las uñas”.

What does onicofagia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineonychophagia

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Afición a comerse las uñas.

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 onicofagia

  • onicofagias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce onicofagia?

  • [onikoˈfaxja]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is onicofagia in Spanish?

onicofagia appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).