dislexia
Portuguese, noun/d͡ʒiz.lekˈsi.ɐ/
dislexia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dyslexia (learning disability)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “distúrbio neurobiológico do processamento da linguagem, que pode afetar a habilidade de uma pessoa em ler…”.
What does dislexia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedyslexia (learning disability)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. distúrbio neurobiológico do processamento da linguagem, que pode afetar a habilidade de uma pessoa em ler, escrever e compreender o significado de palavras e textos
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 dislexia
- dislexias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dislexia?
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.lekˈsi.ɐ/
- /d͡ʒiʒ.lekˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /diʒ.lɛkˈsi.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 dislexia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dislexia in Portuguese?
dislexia appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).