tuberculosis
Spanish, noun/tubeɾkuˈlosis/
tuberculosis is spelled T-U-B-E-R-C-U-L-O-S-I-S (12 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,773rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuberculosis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “tuberculosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enfermedad bacteriana causada por el bacillo de Koch (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). Muy contagiosa, fue una…”.
What does tuberculosis mean in English?
noun
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enfermedad bacteriana causada por el bacillo de Koch (Mycobacterium tuberculosis). Muy contagiosa, fue una enfermedad con consecuencias fatales hasta la aparición de los antibióticos. Aunque normalmente ataca a los pulmones, en ocasiones puede darse en otros órganos.
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.
How do you pronounce tuberculosis?
- /tubeɾkuˈlosis/
- [t̪u.β̞eɾ.kuˈlo.sis]
- [t̪uβ̞eɾkuˈlosis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tuberculosis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tuberculosis in Spanish?
tuberculosis appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).