vigorexia
Spanish, noun/biɡoˈɾeɡsja/
vigorexia is spelled V-I-G-O-R-E-X-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish, the 229,525th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vigorexia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bigorexia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trastorno caracterizado por la presencia de una preocupación obsesiva por el físico y una distorsión del…”.
What does vigorexia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebigorexia
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trastorno caracterizado por la presencia de una preocupación obsesiva por el físico y una distorsión del esquema corporal (dismorfofobia). Implica una adicción a la actividad física (especialmente a la musculación).
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 vigorexia
- vigorexias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vigorexia?
- /biɡoˈɾeɡsja/
- [bi.ɣ̞oˈɾeɣ̞.sja]
- [biɣ̞oˈɾeksja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vigorexia in Spanish?
vigorexia appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).