agenesia
Portuguese, noun/a.ʒe.neˈzi.ɐ/
agenesia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “agenesis (imperfect development of the body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “incapacidade de gerar”.
What does agenesia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineagenesis (imperfect development of the body)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. incapacidade de gerar 2. ausência total ou parcial de desenvolvimento
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 agenesia?
- Brazil /a.ʒe.neˈzi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.ʒɨ.nɨˈzi.ɐ/
- /a.ʒe.ne.ˈzi.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 agenesia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agenesia in Portuguese?
agenesia appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).