narcolepsia
Portuguese, noun/naʁ.ko.le.piˈsi.ɐ/
narcolepsia is spelled N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-S-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Narcolepsia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “narcolepsy (disorder characterised by sudden, brief attacks of deep sleep)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “distúrbio neurológico caracterizado por sonolência excessiva durante o dia e episódios súbitos de sono”.
What does narcolepsia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenarcolepsy (disorder characterised by sudden, brief attacks of deep sleep)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. distúrbio neurológico caracterizado por sonolência excessiva durante o dia e episódios súbitos de sono
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 narcolepsia
- narcolepsias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce narcolepsia?
- Brazil /naʁ.ko.le.piˈsi.ɐ/
- Brazil [nah.ko.le.piˈsi.ɐ]
- Brazil /naʁ.ko.lepˈsi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to narcolepsia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is narcolepsia in Portuguese?
narcolepsia appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).