neurastenia
Portuguese, noun/new.ɾas.teˈni.ɐ/
neurastenia is spelled N-E-U-R-A-S-T-E-N-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 135,347th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Neurastenia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “neurasthenia (condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache and irritability)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desarranjo psicológico caracterizado por fadiga crônica, perda de memória e dores generalizadas”.
What does neurastenia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineneurasthenia (condition characterized by lassitude, fatigue, headache and irritability)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. desarranjo psicológico caracterizado por fadiga crônica, perda de memória e dores generalizadas 2. forte nervosismo; irritabilidade
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 neurastenia
- neurastenias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce neurastenia?
- Brazil /new.ɾas.teˈni.ɐ/
- Brazil [neʊ̯.ɾas.teˈni.ɐ]
- /new.ɾaʃ.teˈni.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 neurastenia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is neurastenia in Portuguese?
neurastenia appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).