luteína
Spanish, noun[lut̪eˈina]
luteína is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “lutein” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Compuesto químico anaranjado, de fórmula C₄₀H₅₄(OH)₂ (es el β,ε-caroteno-3,3'-diol), isómero de la…”.
What does luteína mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelutein
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Compuesto químico anaranjado, de fórmula C₄₀H₅₄(OH)₂ (es el β,ε-caroteno-3,3'-diol), isómero de la zeaxantina, del grupo de los xantófilos. Lo contienen algas, bacterias fotosintéticas, la yema de huevo, pimientos, col, (repollo), lechuga, espinacas, maíz, mostaza, kiwi y el cuerpo lúteo. Así mismo se utiliza como aditivo en alimentos industrializados.
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 luteína
- luteínas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce luteína?
- [lut̪eˈina]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is luteína in Spanish?
luteína appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).