elastina
Spanish, noun/elasˈtina/
elastina is spelled E-L-A-S-T-I-N-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elastina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “elastin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proteína del tejido conjuntivo con funciones estructurales que, a diferencia del colágeno que proporciona…”.
What does elastina mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineelastin
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Proteína del tejido conjuntivo con funciones estructurales que, a diferencia del colágeno que proporciona principalmente resistencia, confiere elasticidad a los tejidos. Se trata de un polímero con un peso molecular de 70 kDa con gran capacidad de expansión que recuerda ligeramente a una goma elástica.
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 elastina
- elastinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elastina?
- /elasˈtina/
- [e.lasˈt̪i.na]
- [elasˈt̪ina]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elastina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elastina in Spanish?
elastina appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).