tísico
Portuguese, noun/ˈt͡ʃi.zi.ku/
tísico is spelled T-Í-S-I-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese, the 233,859th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tísico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “someone who suffers from pulmonary tuberculosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tuberculoso”.
What does tísico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
who suffers from pulmonary tuberculosis
- 2
physically frail
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone who suffers from pulmonary tuberculosis
- 2
masculinea physically frail person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. tuberculoso
noun: 1. tuberculoso
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 tísico
- tísica feminine
- tísicos masculine plural
- tísicas feminine plural
- phthisico alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tísico?
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃi.zi.ku/
- Portugal /ˈti.zi.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 tísico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tísico in Portuguese?
tísico appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).