marasmo
Portuguese, noun/maˈɾaz.mu/
marasmo is spelled M-A-R-A-S-M-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marasmo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “marasmus (any wasting disease)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tédio, vazio”.
What does marasmo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemarasmus (any wasting disease)
- 2
masculineapathy (lack of emotion or motivation)
- 3
masculinestagnation (lack of improvement or change)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tédio, vazio 2. doença causada por uma desnutrição proteico-calórica
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 marasmo
- marasmos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce marasmo?
- Brazil /maˈɾaz.mu/
- /maˈɾaʒ.mu/
- Portugal /mɐˈɾaʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to marasmo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is marasmo in Portuguese?
marasmo 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).