somatização
Portuguese, noun/so.ma.t͡ʃi.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
somatização is spelled S-O-M-A-T-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Somatização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “somatisation (generation of physical symptoms for a psychiatric disorder)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does somatização mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesomatisation (generation of physical symptoms for a psychiatric disorder)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of somatização
- somatizações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce somatização?
- Brazil /so.ma.t͡ʃi.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [so.ma.t͡ʃi.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /su.mɐ.ti.zɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to somatização
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is somatização in Portuguese?
somatização appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).