progeria
Portuguese, noun
progeria is spelled P-R-O-G-E-R-I-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 114,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Progeria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative form of progéria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, progéria is a different word: “progeria (genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aging are…”.
What does progeria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of progéria
noun
- 1
feminineprogeria (genetic condition wherein symptoms resembling aging are manifested at an early age)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of progeria
- progeria alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to progeria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is progeria in Portuguese?
progeria appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).