ortorexia
Portuguese, noun/oʁ.to.ɾekˈsi.ɐ/
ortorexia is spelled O-R-T-O-R-E-X-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ortorexia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “orthorexia (obsession with healthy food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ortorexia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineorthorexia (obsession with healthy food)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce ortorexia?
- Brazil /oʁ.to.ɾekˈsi.ɐ/
- Brazil [oh.to.ɾekˈsi.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 ortorexia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ortorexia in Portuguese?
ortorexia appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).