sinestesia
Portuguese, noun/si.nes.teˈzi.ɐ/
sinestesia is spelled S-I-N-E-S-T-E-S-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 67,344th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinestesia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “synaesthesia (phenomenon whereby a sensory stimulus triggers a different kind of sensation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “condição neurológica em que o estímulo de um dos sentidos provoca percepção em outro”.
What does sinestesia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesynaesthesia (phenomenon whereby a sensory stimulus triggers a different kind of sensation)
- 2
femininesynaesthesia (description of a sensation in the terms of another)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. condição neurológica em que o estímulo de um dos sentidos provoca percepção em outro 2. metáfora que relaciona planos sensoriais diferentes
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 sinestesia
- sinestesias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinestesia?
- Brazil /si.nes.teˈzi.ɐ/
- /si.neʃ.teˈzi.ɐ/
- Portugal /si.nɨʃ.tɨˈzi.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 sinestesia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sinestesia in Portuguese?
sinestesia appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).