ataraxia
Portuguese, noun/a.ta.ɾakˈsi.ɐ/
ataraxia is spelled A-T-A-R-A-X-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese, the 156,173rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ataraxia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ataraxia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a prática da imperturbabilidade como meio de alcançar a felicidade; era pregada, por exemplo, pelo…”.
What does ataraxia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineataraxia
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a prática da imperturbabilidade como meio de alcançar a felicidade; era pregada, por exemplo, pelo estoicismo, pelo epicurismo, pelo ceticismo pirrônico etc.
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 ataraxia
- ataraxias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ataraxia?
- Brazil /a.ta.ɾakˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.tɐ.ɾɐkˈsi.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 ataraxia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ataraxia in Portuguese?
ataraxia appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).