bactericida
Portuguese, adjective/ba.ki.te.ɾiˈsi.dɐ/
bactericida is spelled B-A-C-T-E-R-I-C-I-D-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bactericida is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “bactericidal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que destrói as bactérias”.
What does bactericida mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebactericidal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que destrói as bactérias
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 bactericida
- bactericidas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bactericida?
- Brazil /ba.ki.te.ɾiˈsi.dɐ/
- Brazil /bak.te.ɾiˈsi.dɐ/
- Portugal /bɐk.tɨ.ɾiˈsi.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bactericida
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bactericida in Portuguese?
bactericida appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).