afonia
Portuguese, noun/a.foˈni.ɐ/
afonia is spelled A-F-O-N-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese, the 187,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afonia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “aphonia (loss of voice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perda parcial ou total da capacidade da fala”.
What does afonia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaphonia (loss of voice)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. perda parcial ou total da capacidade da fala; 2. perda total da capacidade da fala eterna ou por um certo período de tempo 3. afasia 4. mudez
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.
Forms of afonia
- afonias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afonia?
- Brazil /a.foˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.fuˈni.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afonia in Portuguese?
afonia appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).