gagueira
Portuguese, noun/ɡaˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/
gagueira is spelled G-A-G-U-E-I-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gagueira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stutter, stuttering (speech disorder)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does gagueira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestutter, stuttering (speech disorder)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of gagueira
- gagueiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gagueira?
- Brazil /ɡaˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ɡaˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /ɡɐˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gagueira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gagueira in Portuguese?
gagueira appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).