morbo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin morbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmorbo/
• Rhymes: -orbo
• Syllabification: mor‧bo

Noun

morbo (accusative singular morbon, plural morboj, accusative plural morbojn) (rare)

1. (pathology, formal, medicine) disease

   Synonym: malsano

Usage notes

The native synonym malsano is overwhelmingly preferred over the rare scientific loanword morbo in every context. It sometimes appears in the names of eponymous diseases such as morbo de Parkinson.

Derived terms

• morba (“morbid, pathological”)

Interlingua

Noun

morbo (plural morbos)

1. disease

Italian

Etymology

From Latin morbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔr.bo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrbo
• Hyphenation: mòr‧bo

Noun

morbo m (plural morbi)

1. (pathology) disease

   Synonym: malattia

Related terms

• ammorbare
• morbido
• morbillo
• morbo di Crohn
• morbo di Parkinson
• morboso

Further reading

• morbo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “morbo”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• bromo, ombro, ombrò, rombo, rombò

Latin

Noun

morbō

1. dative/ablative singular of morbus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin morbus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mer-. Doublet of mormo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʁ.bu/ [ˈmoɦ.bu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʁ.bu/ [ˈmoɦ.bu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾ.bu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʁ.bu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɻ.bu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾ.bu/ [ˈmɔɾ.βu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾ.bu/ [ˈmɔɾ.βu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾ.bu/

• Hyphenation: mor‧bo

Noun

morbo m (plural morbos)

1. illness, disease

   Synonym: doença

Related terms

• morbosidade
• morboso

References

• “morbo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “morbo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “morbo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “morbo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mer-der.?

Latin morbusbor.

Spanish morbo

Borrowed from Latin morbus. Doublet of muermo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾbo/ [ˈmoɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -oɾbo
• Syllabification: mor‧bo

Noun

morbo m (plural morbos)

1. (pathology) disease
2. attraction for unwholesome things; morbid interest
3. morbid interest in other people or things
4. peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste; kink

Related terms

• morbosidad
• morboso

Further reading

• “morbo”, 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