automedicação
Portuguese, noun/ˌaw.tu.me.d͡ʒi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
automedicação is spelled A-U-T-O-M-E-D-I-C-A-Ç-Ã-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 100,600th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Automedicação is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “self-medication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “consumo de medicamentos sem recomendação ou acompanhamento de profissional de saúde competente”.
What does automedicação mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineself-medication
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. consumo de medicamentos sem recomendação ou acompanhamento de profissional de saúde competente
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 automedicação
- automedicações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce automedicação?
- Brazil /ˌaw.tu.me.d͡ʒi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ˌaʊ̯.tu.me.d͡ʒi.kaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ˌaw.to.me.d͡ʒi.kaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is automedicação in Portuguese?
automedicação appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).