tanorexia

English

Etymology

Blend of tan +‎ anorexia

Pronunciation

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Noun

tanorexia (uncountable)

1. (slang) A condition whose sufferers believe they are too pale and become obsessed with tanning.

Translations

obsession with tanning

• Finnish: tanoreksia
• Portuguese: tanorexia f

Anagrams

• exaration

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English tanorexia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.no.ɾekˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.no.ɾekˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.no.ɾekˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.nɔ.ɾɛˈksi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: ta‧no‧re‧xi‧a

Noun

tanorexia f (uncountable)

1. tanorexia (obsessive desire to have dark skin or to maintain it that way, either through exposure to sunlight or through artificial methods)

Further reading

• “tanorexia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “tanorexia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025