enfisema
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.fiˈzẽ.mɐ/
enfisema is spelled E-N-F-I-S-E-M-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfisema is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “emphysema (abnormal accumulation of air in tissues)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica caracterizada pela dilatação excessiva dos alvéolos pulmonares, o que…”.
What does enfisema mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineemphysema (abnormal accumulation of air in tissues)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica caracterizada pela dilatação excessiva dos alvéolos pulmonares, o que causa a perda de capacidade respiratória e uma oxigenação insuficiente
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 enfisema
- enfisemas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enfisema?
- Brazil /ẽ.fiˈzẽ.mɐ/
- Brazil /ĩ.fiˈzẽ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ẽ.fiˈze.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enfisema
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enfisema in Portuguese?
enfisema appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).