alquimia
Portuguese, noun/aw.kiˈmi.ɐ/
alquimia is spelled A-L-Q-U-I-M-I-A (8 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,135th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alquimia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alchemy (chemistry searching for panacea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualquer prática esotérica análoga a esta”.
What does alquimia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealchemy (chemistry searching for panacea)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. teoria científica obsoleta, também considerada uma pseudociência, desenvolvida na Idade Média, que possuía quatro objetivos principais: transmutação, criação do elixir da vida, criação da pedra filosofal e a obtenção de conhecimento místico 2. qualquer prática esotérica análoga a esta
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 alquimia?
- Brazil /aw.kiˈmi.ɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.kiˈmi.ɐ]
- Portugal /al.kiˈmi.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 alquimia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alquimia in Portuguese?
alquimia appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).