alexitimia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λέξῐς (aléxis) +‎ Ancient Greek θῡμός (thūmós) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lek.si.t͡ʃiˈmi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lek.si.t͡ʃiˈmi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lek.si.t͡ʃiˈmi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɛ.ksi.tiˈmi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧le‧xi‧ti‧mi‧a

Noun

alexitimia f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) alexithymia (psychological disorder characterized by the inability to feel, manage and express one's emotions, as a result of not understanding them)

Further reading

• “alexitimia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “alexitimia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aleɡsiˈtimja/ [a.leɣ̞.siˈt̪i.mja]
• Rhymes: -imja
• Syllabification: a‧le‧xi‧ti‧mia

Noun

alexitimia f (uncountable)

1. alexithymia

Further reading

• “alexitimia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28