Polyglot Dictionary

doença

/doˈẽsɐ/

a noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain Medical Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as doenças

Meaning

  1. illness

    • É uma doença grave.

      It's a serious illness.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

enfermidade

enfermidade is more formal or medical; doença is the everyday word — both mean "illness."

Similar in other languages

German

Erkrankung

Erkrankung is the German word for the same thing — both mean "illness."

Spanish

enfermedad

enfermedad is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "illness."

French

maladie

maladie is the French word for the same thing — both mean "illness."

Practice

1 What does doença mean?

2 Fill the gap: É uma ___ grave.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches doença?

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