asfixia
Portuguese, verb/ɐʃ.fi.ˈksi.ɐ/
asfixia is spelled A-S-F-I-X-I-A (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asfixia is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does asfixia mean in English?
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).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. insuficiência de oxigenação sistêmica devida a baixo conteúdo de oxigênio do ar ambiente ou a obstáculo mecânico à respiração
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 asfixia?
- Portugal /ɐʃ.fi.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 asfixia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asfixia in Portuguese?
asfixia appears 2.0 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).