proteína
Spanish, noun/pɾoteˈina/
proteína is spelled P-R-O-T-E-Í-N-A (8 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,627th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proteína is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “protein” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cadena de aminoácidos, parte esencial de células y virus. Una de las tres clases principales de alimentos”.
What does proteína mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprotein
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cadena de aminoácidos, parte esencial de células y virus. Una de las tres clases principales de alimentos.
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 proteína
- proteínas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proteína?
- /pɾoteˈina/
- [pɾo.t̪eˈi.na]
- [pɾot̪eˈina]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to proteína
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proteína in Spanish?
proteína appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).