endemia
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.deˈmi.ɐ/
endemia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “endemic (a disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença espacialmente localizada, temporalmente ilimitada, habitualmente presente entre os membros de uma…”.
What does endemia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineendemic (a disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença espacialmente localizada, temporalmente ilimitada, habitualmente presente entre os membros de uma população
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 endemia
- endemias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce endemia?
- Brazil /ẽ.deˈmi.ɐ/
- Brazil /ĩ.deˈmi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ẽ.dɨˈmi.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 endemia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is endemia in Portuguese?
endemia appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).