escrófula
Portuguese, noun/isˈkɾɔ.fu.lɐ/
escrófula is spelled E-S-C-R-Ó-F-U-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese, the 201,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escrófula is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “scrofula (a form tuberculosis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ingurgitamento dos gânglios linfáticos devido a causas várias, às vezes infecciosas”.
What does escrófula mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescrofula (a form tuberculosis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ingurgitamento dos gânglios linfáticos devido a causas várias, às vezes infecciosas
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 escrófula
- escrófulas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escrófula?
- Brazil /isˈkɾɔ.fu.lɐ/
- Brazil /esˈkɾɔ.fu.lɐ/
- Brazil /isˈkɾɔ.fu.lɐ/, /esˈkɾɔ.fu.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escrófula
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escrófula in Portuguese?
escrófula appears about once in every 51 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).