insânia
Portuguese, noun/ĩˈsɐ̃.njɐ/
insânia is spelled I-N-S-Â-N-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese, the 264,336th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insânia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “madness, insanity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “loucura, demência, doidice”.
What does insânia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemadness, insanity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. loucura, demência, doidice 2. falta de juízo
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 insânia
- insânias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce insânia?
- Brazil /ĩˈsɐ̃.njɐ/
- Portugal /ĩˈsɐ.njɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is insânia in Portuguese?
insânia appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).