hidrofobia
See also: hidrofóbia and hidrofòbia
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌi.dɾo.foˈbi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌi.dɾo.foˈbi.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌi.dɾɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌi.ðɾɔ.fuˈβi.ɐ]
- Hyphenation: hi‧dro‧fo‧bi‧a
Noun
hidrofobia f (uncountable)
- (pathology) hydrophobia; rabies (disease that causes acute encephalitis)
- Synonym: raiva
- (pathology) hydrophobia (fear of water)
- Synonym: aquafobia
Further reading
- “hidrofobia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “hidrofobia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hydrophobia, from Ancient Greek ὑδροφοβία (hudrophobía), equivalent to hidro- + -fobia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌidɾoˈfobja/ [ˌi.ð̞ɾoˈfo.β̞ja]
- Rhymes: -obja
- Syllabification: hi‧dro‧fo‧bia
Noun
hidrofobia f (plural hidrofobias)
Further reading
- “hidrofobia”, 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