difteria
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒi.fi.teˈɾi.ɐ/
difteria is spelled D-I-F-T-E-R-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Difteria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “diphtheria (infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença infecciosa epidêmica e contagiosa causada pelo bacilo (Corynebacterium diphteriae) caracterizada pela…”.
What does difteria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediphtheria (infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença infecciosa epidêmica e contagiosa causada pelo bacilo (Corynebacterium diphteriae) caracterizada pela formação de falsas membranas nas mucosas da boca e garganta e ainda sobre a pele
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 difteria?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.fi.teˈɾi.ɐ/
- Brazil /d͡ʒif.teˈɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal /dif.tɨˈɾi.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 difteria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is difteria in Portuguese?
difteria appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).