mal de Alzheimer
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaw d͡ʒi aw.ˈzaj.meʁ/
Noun
mal de Alzheimer m (uncountable)
- (neurology, pathology) Alzheimer's disease (neurodegenerative disease causing dementia)
- Synonyms: doença de Alzheimer, alzheimer
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmal de alˈθeimeɾ/ [ˌmal̪ d̪e al̟ˈθei̯.meɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /ˌmal de alˈseimeɾ/ [ˌmal̪ d̪e alˈsei̯.meɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: mal de Alz‧hei‧mer
Noun
mal de Alzheimer m (uncountable)
- (neurology, pathology) Alzheimer's disease (neurodegenerative disease causing dementia)
- Synonym: enfermedad de Alzheimer
Further reading
- “mal de Alzheimer”, 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