paludismo
Portuguese, noun/pa.luˈd͡ʒiz.mu/
paludismo is spelled P-A-L-U-D-I-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 118,367th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paludismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “malaria (disease)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “malária”.
What does paludismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemalaria (disease)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. malária
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 paludismo
- paludismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paludismo?
- Brazil /pa.luˈd͡ʒiz.mu/
- /pa.luˈd͡ʒiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /pɐ.lu.ˈdiʒ.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 paludismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paludismo in Portuguese?
paludismo appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).