acetona
Portuguese, noun/a.seˈtõ.nɐ/
acetona is spelled A-C-E-T-O-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Acetona is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “produto químico usado para retirar esmaltes da unha”.
What does acetona mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineacetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. produto químico usado para retirar esmaltes da unha 2. líquido inflamável, volátil e fragrante, obtido por destilação seca do acetato de cálcio
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 acetona?
- Brazil /a.seˈtõ.nɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.sɨˈto.nɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.sɨ.ˈto.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 acetona
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is acetona in Portuguese?
acetona appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).