bactéria
Portuguese, noun/bakˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/
bactéria is spelled B-A-C-T-É-R-I-A (8 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,007th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bactéria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bacterium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “organismos unicelulares pertencentes ao reino monera podendo ser encontrados na forma isolada ou em colônias…”.
What does bactéria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebacterium
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. organismos unicelulares pertencentes ao reino monera podendo ser encontrados na forma isolada ou em colônias; são constituídos somente por uma célula sem um verdadeiro núcleo celular nem organelos membranosos
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 bactéria
- bactérias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bactéria?
- Brazil /bakˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/
- Brazil /ba.kiˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/
- Portugal /bakˈtɛ.ɾjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bactéria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bactéria in Portuguese?
bactéria appears 3.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).