esquizofrenia

esquizofrenia f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) schizophrenia (illness)

esquizofrenia f (plural esquizofrenias)

1. schizophrenia

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• Hyphenation: es‧qui‧zo‧fre‧ni‧a

esquizofrenia f (plural esquizofrenias)

1. schizophrenia

• “esquizofrenia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “esquizofrenia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “esquizofrenia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Borrowed from German Schizophrenie, based on Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split, to cut”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind, brain”) +‎ -ia.^[1] More at English schizophrenia.

• IPA^(key): /eskiθoˈfɾenja/ [es.ki.θoˈfɾe.nja] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /eskisoˈfɾenja/ [es.ki.soˈfɾe.nja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enja
• Syllabification: es‧qui‧zo‧fre‧nia

esquizofrenia f (plural esquizofrenias)

1. (psychiatry, pathology) schizophrenia
2. (figurative, colloquial, Internet slang) nonsensical acts

• “esquizofrenia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025