acetilcolina
Portuguese, noun/a.seˌt͡ʃiw.koˈlĩ.nɐ/
acetilcolina is spelled A-C-E-T-I-L-C-O-L-I-N-A (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acetilcolina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter in humans and other animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “molécula neurotransmissora que atua na passagem do impulso nervoso dos neurônios para as células musculares.…”.
What does acetilcolina mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacetylcholine (a neurotransmitter in humans and other animals)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. molécula neurotransmissora que atua na passagem do impulso nervoso dos neurônios para as células musculares. Fórmula: C₇H₁₆NO₂
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce acetilcolina?
- Brazil /a.seˌt͡ʃiw.koˈlĩ.nɐ/
- Brazil [a.seˌt͡ʃiʊ̯.koˈlĩ.nɐ]
- Portugal /ɐ.sɨˌtil.kuˈli.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to acetilcolina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acetilcolina in Portuguese?
acetilcolina appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).