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diencéfalo

Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.ẽˈsɛ.fa.lu/

diencéfalo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “diencephalon (region of the human brain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does diencéfalo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinediencephalon (region of the human brain)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of diencéfalo

  • diencéfalos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce diencéfalo?

  • Brazil /d͡ʒi.ẽˈsɛ.fa.lu/
  • Brazil /d͡ʒjẽˈsɛ.fa.lu/
  • Portugal /djẽˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to diencéfalo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is diencéfalo in Portuguese?

diencéfalo appears about once in every 59 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).