apneia
Portuguese, noun
apneia is spelled A-P-N-E-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apneia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “apnea (cessation of breathing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, apnéia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of apneia; may still occur as a…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “suspensão temporária ou pausa da respiração em certos casos mórbidos”.
What does apneia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapnea (cessation of breathing)
- 2
femininefreediving / free-diving / free diving
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of apneia; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. suspensão temporária ou pausa da respiração em certos casos mórbidos
noun: 1. vide apneia
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 apneia
- apneias plural
- apnéia alternative
- apnéias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to apneia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apneia in Portuguese?
apneia appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).