cinestesia
Portuguese, noun/si.nes.teˈzi.ɐ/
cinestesia is spelled C-I-N-E-S-T-E-S-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese, the 203,084th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cinestesia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “kinesthesia (perception of the movement of one’s own body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de sensações que torna possível perceber os movimentos musculares, causados pelos estímulos do…”.
What does cinestesia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekinesthesia (perception of the movement of one’s own body)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de sensações que torna possível perceber os movimentos musculares, causados pelos estímulos do próprio 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 cinestesia
- cinestesias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cinestesia?
- Brazil /si.nes.teˈzi.ɐ/
- /si.neʃ.teˈzi.ɐ/
- Portugal /si.nɨʃ.tɨˈzi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cinestesia in Portuguese?
cinestesia appears about once in every 52 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).