hermafroditismo

Portuguese

Etymology

From hermafrodita +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁ.ma.fɾo.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/ [eɦ.ma.fɾo.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃiz.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁ.ma.fɾo.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/ [eɦ.ma.fɾo.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃiz.mu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eɾ.ma.fɾo.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eʁ.ma.fɾo.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /eɻ.ma.fɾo.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁ.ma.fɾo.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃiz.mo/ [eɦ.ma.fɾo.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃiz.mo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iɾ.mɐ.fɾu.diˈtiʒ.mu/ [iɾ.mɐ.fɾu.ðiˈtiʒ.mu]

• Hyphenation: her‧ma‧fro‧di‧tis‧mo

Noun

hermafroditismo m (plural hermafroditismos)

1. hermaphroditism (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Further reading

• “hermafroditismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “hermafroditismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From hermafrodita +‎ -ismo.

Noun

hermafroditismo m (plural hermafroditismos)

1. hermaphroditism (state of having both male and female sexual organs)

Further reading

• “hermafroditismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025