amino
Portuguese, noun/aˈmĩ.nu/
amino is spelled A-M-I-N-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amino is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of amina” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does amino mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of amina
prefix
- 1
amino- (of amines and the amino functional group)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of amino
- aminos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amino?
- Brazil /aˈmĩ.nu/
- Portugal /ɐˈmi.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amino in Portuguese?
amino appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).