prosopagnosia
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.zo.paɡ.noˈzi.ɐ/
prosopagnosia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “prosopagnosia (disorder in face recognition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “enfermidade que provoca incapacidade de reconhecer rostos de outrem, e, em casos extremos, do próprio…”.
What does prosopagnosia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprosopagnosia (disorder in face recognition)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. enfermidade que provoca incapacidade de reconhecer rostos de outrem, e, em casos extremos, do próprio indivíduo
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 prosopagnosia
- prosopagnosias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prosopagnosia?
- Brazil /pɾo.zo.paɡ.noˈzi.ɐ/
- Portugal /pɾu.zu.pɐɡ.nuˈzi.ɐ/
- Portugal [pɾu.zu.pɐɣ.nuˈzi.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 prosopagnosia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prosopagnosia in Portuguese?
prosopagnosia appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).