paraplegia
Portuguese, noun/pa.ɾa.pleˈʒi.ɐ/
paraplegia is spelled P-A-R-A-P-L-E-G-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 103,739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paraplegia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “paraplegia (condition of being paralysed from the waist down)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “paralisia das pernas e de paralisia parcial do tronco”.
What does paraplegia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparaplegia (condition of being paralysed from the waist down)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. paralisia das pernas e de paralisia parcial do tronco
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 paraplegia
- paraplegias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paraplegia?
- Brazil /pa.ɾa.pleˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /pɐ.ɾɐ.plɨˈʒi.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 paraplegia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paraplegia in Portuguese?
paraplegia appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).