bexigas
Portuguese, noun/biˈʃi.ɡɐs/
bexigas is spelled B-E-X-I-G-A-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bexigas is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “smallpox” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of bexiga. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “varíola ou varicela; doença na que há bexigas na pele”.
What does bexigas mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmallpox
noun
- 1
plural of bexiga
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. varíola ou varicela; doença na que há bexigas na pele
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 bexigas?
- Brazil /biˈʃi.ɡɐs/
- Brazil /beˈʃi.ɡɐs/
- /biˈʃi.ɡɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bexigas in Portuguese?
bexigas appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).