doença
Portuguese, noun/duˈẽ.sɐ/
doença is spelled D-O-E-N-Ç-A (6 letters) and appears 76 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,277th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doença is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “illness; disease; ailment (an abnormal medical condition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “disfunção em um organismo causada por agentes externos ou não”.
What does doença mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineillness; disease; ailment (an abnormal medical condition)
- 2
feminineillness; disease (a state of bad health)
- 3
feminineillness; disease (abnormal condition or attitude)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. disfunção em um organismo causada por agentes externos ou não 2. qualquer condição mórbida ou danosa
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 doença
- doenças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce doença?
- Brazil /duˈẽ.sɐ/
- Brazil /ˈdwẽ.sɐ/
- Brazil /doˈẽ.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to doença
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is doença in Portuguese?
doença appears 76 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).