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presbiopia

Portuguese, noun/pɾez.bi.oˈpi.ɐ/

presbiopia is spelled P-R-E-S-B-I-O-P-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Presbiopia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “presbyopia (inability of the eye to focus on nearby objects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perda da capacidade de enxergar com nitidez principalmente para perto associada ao aumento da idade causada…”.

What does presbiopia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepresbyopia (inability of the eye to focus on nearby objects)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. perda da capacidade de enxergar com nitidez principalmente para perto associada ao aumento da idade causada pelo endurecimento do cristalino

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.

How do you pronounce presbiopia?

  • Brazil /pɾez.bi.oˈpi.ɐ/
  • Brazil /pɾez.bjoˈpi.ɐ/
  • /pɾeʒ.bi.oˈpi.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 presbiopia

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is presbiopia in Portuguese?

presbiopia 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).

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