enfermidade

/ẽfeɾmiˈdadʒi/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Medical Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: medical. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
as enfermidades

Meaning

  1. illness

    • Sofre de uma enfermidade.

      He suffers from an illness.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

doença

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 enfermidade mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sofre de uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches enfermidade?

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