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vigorexia
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Galician
Noun
vigorexia f (plural vigorexias)
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: vi‧go‧re‧xi‧a
Noun
vigorexia f (plural vigorexias)
- 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)
Derived terms
ajdectives
nouns
Further reading
- “vigorexia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “vigorexia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
vigorexia f (plural vigorexias)
- bigorexia
- 2015 July 11, “‘The Jesus & Mary Chain’, a la altura de sus recuerdos”, in El País:
- 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], 10 December 2024
- “vigorexia” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.
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