teratologia
Portuguese, noun/te.ɾa.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
teratologia is spelled T-E-R-A-T-O-L-O-G-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese, the 136,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Teratologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “teratology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “especialidade médica que se dedica ao estudo das anomalias e malformações ligadas a uma perturbação do…”.
What does teratologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineteratology
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. especialidade médica que se dedica ao estudo das anomalias e malformações ligadas a uma perturbação do desenvolvimento embrionário ou fetal 2. o conjunto dos monstros; a monstruosidade
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 teratologia
- teratologias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce teratologia?
- Brazil /te.ɾa.to.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /tɨ.ɾɐ.tu.luˈʒi.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 teratologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is teratologia in Portuguese?
teratologia appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).