apoplexia
Portuguese, noun/a.po.plekˈsi.ɐ/
apoplexia is spelled A-P-O-P-L-E-X-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 95,562nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apoplexia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “apoplexy (loss of consciousness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perda súbita de consciência geralmente causada por hemorragia ou embolia”.
What does apoplexia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapoplexy (loss of consciousness)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. perda súbita de consciência geralmente causada por hemorragia ou embolia 2. paralisação do movimento e da sensação 3. moléstia que ataca videiras, secando-lhes os frutos
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 apoplexia
- apoplexias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apoplexia?
- Brazil /a.po.plekˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.pɔ.plɛkˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.pɔ.plɛ.ˈksi.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 apoplexia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apoplexia in Portuguese?
apoplexia appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).