bruxismo
Portuguese, noun/bɾuˈʃiz.mu/
bruxismo is spelled B-R-U-X-I-S-M-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bruxismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the belief in the existence of witches” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “psicopatologia que consiste em disfunção de ranger os dentes, especialmente durante o sono”.
What does bruxismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe belief in the existence of witches
noun
- 1
masculinebruxism (grinding of the teeth)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. psicopatologia que consiste em disfunção de ranger os dentes, especialmente durante o sono 2. a crença em bruxas e em bruxarias
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 bruxismo?
- Brazil /bɾuˈʃiz.mu/
- /bɾuˈʃiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /bɾuˈʃiʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bruxismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bruxismo in Portuguese?
bruxismo 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).