ataxia
Portuguese, noun/a.takˈsi.ɐ/
ataxia is spelled A-T-A-X-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,152nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ataxia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ataxia (pathological lack of coordination)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “falta de coordenação dos movimentos voluntários do corpo”.
What does ataxia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineataxia (pathological lack of coordination)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. falta de coordenação dos movimentos voluntários do corpo
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 ataxia
- ataxias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ataxia?
- Brazil /a.takˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.tɐkˈsi.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 ataxia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ataxia in Portuguese?
ataxia appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).