catabolismo
Spanish, noun/kataboˈlismo/
catabolismo is spelled C-A-T-A-B-O-L-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 103,935th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catabolismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “catabolism (destructive metabolism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte del proceso metabólico que consiste en la degradación de nutrientes orgánicos transformándolos en…”.
What does catabolismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecatabolism (destructive metabolism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte del proceso metabólico que consiste en la degradación de nutrientes orgánicos transformándolos en productos finales simples, con el fin de extraer de ellos energía química útil para la célula.
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 catabolismo
- catabolismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catabolismo?
- /kataboˈlismo/
- [ka.t̪a.β̞oˈliz.mo]
- [kat̪aβ̞oˈlismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catabolismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catabolismo in Spanish?
catabolismo appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).