coma
Portuguese, noun/ˈkõ.mɐ/
coma is spelled C-O-M-A (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,928th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coma is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “coma, state of unconsciousness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of comer. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado patológico de inconsciência em que, até onde se sabe, o organismo mantém pouco mais do que as funções…”.
What does coma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoma, state of unconsciousness
noun
- 1
feminineabundant hair of the head
- 2
femininemane
- 3
femininecomet coma
noun
- 1
archaicfemininecomma
- 2
femininecomma
- 3
feminineeighth rest
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estado patológico de inconsciência em que, até onde se sabe, o organismo mantém pouco mais do que as funções respiratória e circulatória: 2. símbolo gráfico também chamado aspas (ver plicas duplas) 3. juba
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 coma
- comas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coma?
- Brazil /ˈkõ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈko.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coma in Portuguese?
coma appears 13 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).