pterígio
Portuguese, noun/pi.teˈɾi.ʒju/
pterígio is spelled P-T-E-R-Í-G-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese, the 197,229th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pterígio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pterygium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pterígio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepterygium
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of pterígio
- pterígios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pterígio?
- Brazil /pi.teˈɾi.ʒju/
- Portugal /ptɨˈɾi.ʒju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pterígio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pterígio in Portuguese?
pterígio appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).