inanição
Portuguese, noun/i.na.niˈsɐ̃w̃/
inanição is spelled I-N-A-N-I-Ç-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inanição is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “inanition; starvation (a condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estado de uma célula ou de um organismo que carece de um elemento indispensável à sua vida”.
What does inanição mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinanition; starvation (a condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition)
- 2
feminineinanition; emptiness (especially of the stomach)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estado de uma célula ou de um organismo que carece de um elemento indispensável à sua vida 2. estado de esgotamento ou de extremo enfraquecimento, por falta de alimentos, ou defeito de assimilação dos mesmos
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 inanição?
- Brazil /i.na.niˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [i.na.niˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /i.nɐ.niˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inanição
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inanição in Portuguese?
inanição appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).