alferecía

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الفَالِجِيَّة (al-falijíyya), from Arabic فَالِج (fālij, “stroke”), from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία (apoplēxía, “apoplexy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /alfeɾeˈθia/ [al.fe.ɾeˈθi.a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /alfeɾeˈsia/ [al.fe.ɾeˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: al‧fe‧re‧cí‧a

Noun

alferecía f (uncountable)

1. infantile epilepsy

Further reading

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