epistaxe
Portuguese, noun/e.pisˈta.ʃi/
epistaxe is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “epistaxis (nosebleed; a haemorrhage from the nose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sangramento proveniente do interior do nariz; hemorragia nasal”.
What does epistaxe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineepistaxis (nosebleed; a haemorrhage from the nose)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sangramento proveniente do interior do nariz; hemorragia nasal
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 epistaxe
- epistaxes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce epistaxe?
- Brazil /e.pisˈta.ʃi/
- /e.piʃˈta.ʃi/
- Portugal /i.piʃˈta.ʃɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to epistaxe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is epistaxe in Portuguese?
epistaxe appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).