apostema
Portuguese, noun/a.posˈtẽ.mɐ/
apostema is spelled A-P-O-S-T-E-M-A (8 letters). Apostema is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “aposteme (a pustulent swelling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of apostemar.
What does apostema mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaposteme (a pustulent swelling)
- 2
masculinedisgust
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of apostema
- apostemas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apostema?
- Brazil /a.posˈtẽ.mɐ/
- /a.poʃˈtẽ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.puʃˈte.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.