catatonia
Portuguese, noun/ka.ta.toˈni.ɐ/
catatonia is spelled C-A-T-A-T-O-N-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catatonia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “catatonia (a severe condition characterised by a tendency to remain in a rigid state)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does catatonia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecatatonia (a severe condition characterised by a tendency to remain in a rigid state)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of catatonia
- catatonias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catatonia?
- Brazil /ka.ta.toˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /kɐ.tɐ.tuˈni.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 catatonia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catatonia in Portuguese?
catatonia appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).