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actina

Portuguese, noun/akˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

actina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “actin (a globular structural protein)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does actina mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineactin (a globular structural protein)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of actina

  • actinas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce actina?

  • Brazil /akˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
  • Brazil /a.kiˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
  • Portugal /ɐkˈti.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 actina

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is actina in Portuguese?

actina appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).