amebíase
Portuguese, noun/a.meˈbi.a.zi/
amebíase is spelled A-M-E-B-Í-A-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 136,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amebíase is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “amoebiasis (disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença causada por amebas”.
What does amebíase mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineamoebiasis (disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença causada por amebas
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 amebíase
- amebíases plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amebíase?
- Brazil /a.meˈbi.a.zi/
- Portugal /ɐ.mɨˈbi.ɐ.zɨ/
- Portugal [ɐ.mɨˈβi.ɐ.zɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amebíase
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amebíase in Portuguese?
amebíase appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).