acarologia
Portuguese, noun/a.ka.ɾo.loˈʒi.ɐ/
acarologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “acarology (the study of ticks and mites)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ramo da ciência que estuda os ácaros, carrapatos e outras espécies aparentadas”.
What does acarologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacarology (the study of ticks and mites)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ramo da ciência que estuda os ácaros, carrapatos e outras espécies aparentadas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce acarologia?
- Brazil /a.ka.ɾo.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.kɐ.ɾu.luˈʒi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acarologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acarologia in Portuguese?
acarologia appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).