protozoo
Spanish, noun/pɾotoˈθoo/
protozoo is spelled P-R-O-T-O-Z-O-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 153,784th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Protozoo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “protozoan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Organismo microscópico eucariota generalmente unicelular y heterótrofo. Anteriormente definido como animal…”.
What does protozoo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprotozoan
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organismo microscópico eucariota generalmente unicelular y heterótrofo. Anteriormente definido como animal unicelular y más recientemente considerado grupo informal dentro de los protistas.
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 protozoo
- protozoos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce protozoo?
- /pɾotoˈθoo/
- [pɾo.t̪oˈθo.o]
- /pɾotoˈsoo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to protozoo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is protozoo in Spanish?
protozoo appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).