impetigo
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.peˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/
impetigo is spelled I-M-P-E-T-I-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 136,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impetigo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “impetigo (contagious bacterial skin disease)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “infecção cutânea superficial, mais comum em crianças, causada principalmente pelo microrganismo…”.
What does impetigo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineimpetigo (contagious bacterial skin disease)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. infecção cutânea superficial, mais comum em crianças, causada principalmente pelo microrganismo Staphylococcus aureus ou pelo Streptococcus pyogenes e é caracterizada por formar pústulas e crostas amarelas
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.
How do you pronounce impetigo?
- Brazil /ĩ.peˈt͡ʃi.ɡu/
- Portugal /ĩ.pɨˈti.ɡu/
- Portugal [ĩ.pɨˈti.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impetigo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impetigo in Portuguese?
impetigo appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).