amino
Spanish, noun/aˈmino/
amino is spelled A-M-I-N-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amino is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “amino” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “grupo funcional derivado del amoníaco o alguno de sus derivados alquilados por eliminación de uno de sus…”.
What does amino mean in English?
adjective
- 1
amino
noun
- 1
masculineamino
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grupo funcional derivado del amoníaco o alguno de sus derivados alquilados por eliminación de uno de sus átomos de hidrógeno. Se formula según su procedencia como -NH₂, -NRH o -NR₂.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amino
- amina feminine
- aminos masculine plural
- aminas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amino?
- /aˈmino/
- [aˈmi.no]
- [aˈmino]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amino in Spanish?
amino appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).