enxaqueca
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.ʃaˈke.kɐ/
enxaqueca is spelled E-N-X-A-Q-U-E-C-A (9 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enxaqueca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “migraine (kind of headache, usually affecting only one side of the head)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “condição clínica configurada por vários graus de dores internas na cabeça”.
What does enxaqueca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemigraine (kind of headache, usually affecting only one side of the head)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. condição clínica configurada por vários graus de dores internas na cabeça
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 enxaqueca
- enxaquecas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enxaqueca?
- Brazil /ẽ.ʃaˈke.kɐ/
- Brazil /ĩ.ʃaˈke.kɐ/
- Portugal /ẽ.ʃɐˈkɛ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enxaqueca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enxaqueca in Portuguese?
enxaqueca appears 2.5 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).