ortorexia
Spanish, noun/oɾtoˈɾeɡsja/
ortorexia is spelled O-R-T-O-R-E-X-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish, the 234,430th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ortorexia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “orthorexia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obsesión patológica por comer comida considerada saludable”.
What does ortorexia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineorthorexia
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Obsesión patológica por comer comida considerada saludable.
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 ortorexia
- ortorexias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ortorexia?
- /oɾtoˈɾeɡsja/
- [oɾ.t̪oˈɾeɣ̞.sja]
- [oɾt̪oˈɾeksja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ortorexia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ortorexia in Spanish?
ortorexia appears about once in every 44 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).