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priapismo

Portuguese, noun/pɾi.aˈpiz.mu/

priapismo is spelled P-R-I-A-P-I-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Priapismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “priapism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ereção involuntária e dolorosa do pênis, sintomática de diversas doenças”.

What does priapismo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepriapism

    Priapismo é uma condição médica geralmente dolorosa e potencialmente danosa na qual o pênis ereto não retorna ao seu estado flácido, apesar da ausência de estimulação física e psicológica.

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ereção involuntária e dolorosa do pênis, sintomática de diversas doenças 2. excitação sexual exagerada

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 priapismo

  • priapismos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce priapismo?

  • Brazil /pɾi.aˈpiz.mu/
  • Brazil /pɾjaˈpiz.mu/
  • /pɾi.aˈpiʒ.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 priapismo

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

How common is priapismo in Portuguese?

priapismo appears about once in every 13 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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