aminoácido
Portuguese, noun/aˌmĩ.noˈa.si.du/
aminoácido is spelled A-M-I-N-O-Á-C-I-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aminoácido is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “amino acid (any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “molécula orgânica que contém um grupo amina e um grupo carboxila, e uma cadeia lateral que é específica para…”.
What does aminoácido mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineamino acid (any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid)
- 2
masculineamino acid (any of the twenty α-amino acids)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. molécula orgânica que contém um grupo amina e um grupo carboxila, e uma cadeia lateral que é específica para cada aminoácido
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.
Forms of aminoácido
- aminoácidos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aminoácido?
- Brazil /aˌmĩ.noˈa.si.du/
- Portugal /ɐˌmi.nɔˈa.si.du/
- Portugal [ɐˌmi.nɔˈa.si.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aminoácido in Portuguese?
aminoácido 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).