leishmaniose
Portuguese, noun/lejʃ.ma.niˈɔ.zi/
leishmaniose is spelled L-E-I-S-H-M-A-N-I-O-S-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leishmaniose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “leishmaniasis (any disease caused by the protozoans of the genus Leishmania)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença parasitária cutânea ou visceral, na que proliferam protozoários do gênero Leishmania, transmitida pela…”.
What does leishmaniose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineleishmaniasis (any disease caused by the protozoans of the genus Leishmania)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença parasitária cutânea ou visceral, na que proliferam protozoários do gênero Leishmania, transmitida pela picada de mosquito
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 leishmaniose
- leishmanioses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leishmaniose?
- Brazil /lejʃ.ma.niˈɔ.zi/
- Brazil [leɪ̯ʃ.ma.niˈɔ.zi]
- Brazil /lejʃ.maˈnjɔ.zi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leishmaniose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leishmaniose in Portuguese?
leishmaniose appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).