narcolepsia
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /naʁ.ko.le.piˈsi.ɐ/ [nah.ko.le.piˈsi.ɐ], /naʁ.ko.lepˈsi.ɐ/ [nah.ko.lepˈsi.ɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /naɾ.ko.le.piˈsi.ɐ/, /naɾ.ko.lepˈsi.ɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /naʁ.ko.le.piˈsi.ɐ/ [naχ.ko.le.piˈsi.ɐ], /naʁ.ko.lepˈsi.ɐ/ [naχ.ko.lepˈsi.ɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /naɻ.ko.le.piˈsi.ɐ/, /naɻ.ko.lepˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /naʁ.ko.lepˈsi.a/ [nah.ko.lepˈsi.a], /naʁ.ko.le.piˈsi.a/ [nah.ko.le.piˈsi.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɐɾ.ku.lɨˈpsi.ɐ/
- Hyphenation: nar‧co‧lep‧si‧a
Noun
narcolepsia f (plural narcolepsias)
- (pathology) narcolepsy (disorder characterised by sudden, brief attacks of deep sleep)
Further reading
- “narcolepsia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “narcolepsia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Noun
narcolepsia f (uncountable)
Further reading
- “narcolepsia”, 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