claustrofobia

English

Noun

claustrofobia (plural claustrofobias)

1. Alternative form of claustrophobia

Galician

Etymology

From Latin claustrum (“enclosure”, “closed space”) +‎ -fobia.

Noun

claustrofobia f (plural claustrofobias)

1. claustrophobia (fear of closed, tight places)

   Antonym: agorafobia

Derived terms

• claustrofóbico

Italian

Etymology

Latin claustrum (“enclosure”, “closed space”) +‎ -fobia (“-phobia”, suffix indicating fear of something)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /klaw.stro.foˈbi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: clau‧stro‧fo‧bì‧a

Noun

claustrofobia f (plural claustrofobie)

1. claustrophobia

   Antonym: claustrofilia

Derived terms

• claustrofobico

Related terms

• claustro

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin claustrum (“enclosure, closed space”) +‎ -fobia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌklaws.tɾo.foˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌklaʊ̯s.tɾo.foˈbi.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌklaws.tɾo.foˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌklaʊ̯s.tɾo.foˈbi.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌklawʃ.tɾo.foˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌklaʊ̯ʃ.tɾo.foˈbi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌklaws.tɾo.foˈbi.a/ [ˌklaʊ̯s.tɾo.foˈbi.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌklawʃ.tɾɔ.fuˈbi.ɐ/ [ˌklawʃ.tɾɔ.fuˈβi.ɐ]

• Hyphenation: claus‧tro‧fo‧bi‧a

Noun

claustrofobia f (uncountable)

1. claustrophobia

   Antonym: agorafobia

Derived terms

• claustrofóbico

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin claustrum (“enclosure, closed space”) +‎ -fobia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaustɾoˈfobja/ [klau̯s.t̪ɾoˈfo.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -obja
• Syllabification: claus‧tro‧fo‧bia

Noun

claustrofobia f (plural claustrofobias)

1. claustrophobia (fear of closed, tight places)

   Antonym: agorafobia

Derived terms

• claustrofóbico

Further reading

• “claustrofobia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10