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ecolalia

Portuguese, noun/e.ko.laˈli.ɐ/

ecolalia is spelled E-C-O-L-A-L-I-A (8 letters). Ecolalia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “echolalia (echoing of words or phrases)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “distúrbio do desenvolvimento da fala caracterizado pela repetição de palavras ou frases ditas na TV ou por…”.

What does ecolalia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineecholalia (echoing of words or phrases)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. distúrbio do desenvolvimento da fala caracterizado pela repetição de palavras ou frases ditas na TV ou por outras pessoas

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 ecolalia

  • ecolalias plural
  • echolalia alternative obsolete

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

How do you pronounce ecolalia?

  • Brazil /e.ko.laˈli.ɐ/
  • Portugal /ɛ.kɔ.lɐˈli.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 ecolalia

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

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