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tetraplégico

Portuguese, noun/te.tɾaˈplɛ.ʒi.ku/

tetraplégico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “quadriplegic (one who suffers from quadriplegia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does tetraplégico mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    quadriplegic (suffering from quadriplegia)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinequadriplegic (one who suffers from quadriplegia)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of tetraplégico

  • tetraplégica feminine
  • tetraplégicos masculine plural
  • tetraplégicas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tetraplégico?

  • Brazil /te.tɾaˈplɛ.ʒi.ku/
  • Portugal /tɛ.tɾɐˈplɛ.ʒi.ku/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tetraplégico

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tetraplégico in Portuguese?

tetraplégico appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).