discalculia
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒis.kaw.kuˈli.ɐ/
discalculia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dyscalculia (difficulty with numbers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desordem neurológica específica que afeta a habilidade de uma pessoa de compreender e manipular números”.
What does discalculia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedyscalculia (difficulty with numbers)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. desordem neurológica específica que afeta a habilidade de uma pessoa de compreender e manipular números
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 discalculia?
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.kaw.kuˈli.ɐ/
- Brazil [d͡ʒis.kaʊ̯.kuˈli.ɐ]
- /d͡ʒiʃ.kaw.kuˈli.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 discalculia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is discalculia in Portuguese?
discalculia appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).