vigorexia

vigorexia f (plural vigorexias)

1. bigorexia

From vigor +‎ -orexia.

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: vi‧go‧re‧xi‧a

vigorexia f (plural vigorexias)

1. 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)
   • 2015 September 22, “Vigorexia, o distúrbio ‘das academias’ que leva ao desejo de ter corpo cada vez maior”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Vigorexia, o distúrbio ‘das academias’ que leva ao desejo de ter corpo cada vez maior

     Bigorexia, the ‘gym’ disorder that leads to the desire to have an increasingly larger body

• “vigorexia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “vigorexia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From English bigorexia.

• IPA^(key): /biɡoˈɾeɡsja/ [bi.ɣ̞oˈɾeɣ̞.sja]
• Rhymes: -eɡsja
• Syllabification: vi‧go‧re‧xia

vigorexia f (plural vigorexias)

1. bigorexia
   • 2015 July 11, “‘The Jesus & Mary Chain’, a la altura de sus recuerdos”, in El País‎^[2]:

     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.

• “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.