paralisia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French paralysie, from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.liˈzi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.liˈzi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.liˈzi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.liˈzi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧li‧si‧a

Noun

paralisia f (plural paralisias)

1. (pathology) paralysis, palsy
2. (figurative) paralysis, numbness, stagnation

Derived terms

• paralisia cerebral
• paralisia de Bell
• paralisia do sono
• paralisia facial
• paralisia geral
• paralisia infantil
• paralisia saturnina

Related terms

• paralisar
• paralítico

Descendants

• → Tetum: paralizia

Further reading

• “paralisia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “paralisia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025