tosferina
Spanish, noun/tosfeˈɾina/
tosferina is spelled T-O-S-F-E-R-I-N-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 129,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tosferina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “whooping cough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enfermedad bacterial infecciosa aguda sumamente contagiosa caracterizada por la inflamación traqueobronquial…”.
What does tosferina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewhooping cough
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enfermedad bacterial infecciosa aguda sumamente contagiosa caracterizada por la inflamación traqueobronquial y accesos típicos de tos violenta y espasmódica con sensación de asfixia que terminan con un ruido estridente durante la inspiración (estridor inspiratorio).
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 tosferina
- tosferinas plural
- tos ferina alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tosferina?
- /tosfeˈɾina/
- [t̪os.feˈɾi.na]
- [t̪osfeˈɾina]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tosferina in Spanish?
tosferina appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).