vigorexia

Galician

Noun

vigorexia f (plural vigorexias)

1. bigorexia

Portuguese

Etymology

From vigor +‎ -orexia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.ɡo.ɾekˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.ɡo.ɾekˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.ɡo.ɾekˈsi.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.ɡɔ.ɾɛˈksi.ɐ/ [vi.ɣɔ.ɾɛˈksi.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.ɡɔ.ɾɛˈksi.ɐ/ [vi.ɣɔ.ɾɛˈksi.ɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.ɡɔ.ɾɛˈksi.ɐ/ [bi.ɣɔ.ɾɛˈksi.ɐ]

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: vi‧go‧re‧xi‧a

Noun

vigorexia f (plural vigorexias)

1. bigorexia (excessive concern about the idea of ​​having a small and/or poorly muscled physical structure, which can manifest itself in a distorted perception of body image and in certain behaviors such as excessive physical exercise, ingestion of anabolic steroids and diets rich in proteins)
   • 2015 September 22, “Vigorexia, o distúrbio ‘das academias’ que leva ao desejo de ter corpo cada vez maior”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Vigorexia, o distúrbio ‘das academias’ que leva ao desejo de ter corpo cada vez maior

     Bigorexia, the ‘gym’ disorder that leads to the desire to have an increasingly larger body

Derived terms

ajdectives

• vigoréxico

 

nouns

• vigoréxico m

 

Further reading

• “vigorexia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “vigorexia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From English bigorexia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɡoˈɾeɡsja/ [bi.ɣ̞oˈɾeɣ̞.sja]
• Rhymes: -eɡsja
• Syllabification: vi‧go‧re‧xia

Noun

vigorexia f (plural vigorexias)

1. bigorexia
   • 2015 July 11, “‘The Jesus & Mary Chain’, a la altura de sus recuerdos”, in El País‎^[2]:

     A pesar de que en un festival se supone la obligación de cierta vigorexia emocional, creo que gustó más cuando presentó su lado reposado, en Running o Let it go.

     Despite the fact that a certain emotional bigorexia is supposed to be required at a festival, I think he liked it better when he presented his relaxed side, in Running or Let it go.

Further reading

• “vigorexia”, 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
• “vigorexia” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.