trauma
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾaw.mɐ/
trauma is spelled T-R-A-U-M-A (6 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,879th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trauma is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “trauma (emotional wound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que traumatismo”.
What does trauma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrauma (emotional wound)
- 2
masculinetrauma (event that causes great distress)
- 3
masculinetrauma (serious injury to the body)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que traumatismo
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 trauma
- traumas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trauma?
- Brazil /ˈtɾaw.mɐ/
- Brazil [ˈtɾaʊ̯.mɐ]
- Portugal /ˈtɾaw.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trauma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trauma in Portuguese?
trauma appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).