claustrofobia
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English
Noun
claustrofobia (plural claustrofobias)
- Alternative form of claustrophobia
Galician
Etymology
From Latin claustrum (“enclosure”, “closed space”) + -fobia.
Noun
claustrofobia f (plural claustrofobias)
- claustrophobia (fear of closed, tight places)
- Antonym: agorafobia
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
Latin claustrum (“enclosure”, “closed space”) + -fobia (“-phobia”, suffix indicating fear of something)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ia
Noun
claustrofobia f (plural claustrofobie)
- claustrophobia
- Antonym: claustrofilia
Derived terms
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin claustrum (“enclosure, closed space”) + -fobia.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: claus‧tro‧fo‧bi‧a
Noun
claustrofobia f (uncountable)
- claustrophobia
- Antonym: agorafobia
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin claustrum (“enclosure, closed space”) + -fobia.
Pronunciation
Noun
claustrofobia f (plural claustrofobias)
- claustrophobia (fear of closed, tight places)
- Antonym: agorafobia
Derived terms
Further reading
- “claustrofobia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28