epilepsia
Portuguese, noun/e.pi.lepˈsi.ɐ/
epilepsia is spelled E-P-I-L-E-P-S-I-A (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,396th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Epilepsia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “epilepsy (condition characterised by recurring seizures)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença cerebral caracterizada por convulsões e pela perda dos sentidos”.
What does epilepsia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineepilepsy (condition characterised by recurring seizures)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença cerebral caracterizada por convulsões e pela perda dos sentidos
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 epilepsia
- epilepsias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce epilepsia?
- Brazil /e.pi.lepˈsi.ɐ/
- Brazil /e.pi.le.piˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /e.pi.lɛpˈsi.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 epilepsia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is epilepsia in Portuguese?
epilepsia appears 2.1 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).