dispraxia

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δυσπραξίᾱ (duspraxíā, “ill success, ill luck”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.pɾakˈsi.ɐ/, /d͡ʒis.pɾa.kiˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.pɾakˈsi.ɐ/, /d͡ʒis.pɾa.kiˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiʃ.pɾakˈsi.ɐ/, /d͡ʒiʃ.pɾa.kiˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.pɾakˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diʃ.pɾɐˈksi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: dis‧pra‧xi‧a

Noun

dispraxia f (plural dispraxias)

1. (neurology) dyspraxia

Further reading

• “dispraxia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “dispraxia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “dispraxia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈpɾaɡsja/ [d̪isˈpɾaɣ̞.sja]
• Rhymes: -aɡsja
• Syllabification: dis‧pra‧xia

Noun

dispraxia f (plural dispraxias)

1. (neurology, psychiatry) dyspraxia

Further reading

• “dispraxia”, 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