alexitimia
Portuguese, noun/a.lek.si.t͡ʃiˈmi.ɐ/
alexitimia is spelled A-L-E-X-I-T-I-M-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alexitimia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alexithymia (psychological disorder characterized by the inability to feel, manage and express one's emotions, as a result of not…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does alexitimia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealexithymia (psychological disorder characterized by the inability to feel, manage and express one's emotions, as a result of not understanding them)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce alexitimia?
- Brazil /a.lek.si.t͡ʃiˈmi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.lɛk.si.tiˈmi.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 alexitimia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alexitimia in Portuguese?
alexitimia appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).