alexitimia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λέξῐς (aléxis) +‎ Ancient Greek θῡμός (thūmós) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lek.si.t͡ʃiˈmi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.lek.si.t͡ʃiˈmi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɛ.ksi.tiˈmi.ɐ/

Hyphenation: a‧le‧xi‧ti‧mi‧a

Noun

alexitimia f (uncountable)

(medicine) alexithymia (psychological disorder characterized by the inability to feel, manage and express one's emotions, as a result of not understanding them)

Further reading

“alexitimia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“alexitimia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aleɡsiˈtimja/ [a.leɣ̞.siˈt̪i.mja]
Rhymes: -imja
Syllabification: a‧le‧xi‧ti‧mia

Noun

alexitimia f (uncountable)

alexithymia

Further reading

“alexitimia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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