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varicocele

Portuguese, noun/va.ɾi.koˈsɛ.li/

varicocele is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “varicocele (varicose veins in the area of the scrotum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does varicocele mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininevaricocele (varicose veins in the area of the scrotum)

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

Forms of varicocele

  • varicoceles plural

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

How do you pronounce varicocele?

  • Brazil /va.ɾi.koˈsɛ.li/
  • Portugal /vɐ.ɾi.kuˈsɛ.lɨ/
  • Portugal /bɐ.ɾi.kuˈsɛ.lɨ/

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

English words that translate to varicocele

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

How common is varicocele in Portuguese?

varicocele appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.

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