bacteriófago
Portuguese, noun/ba.ki.te.ɾiˈɔ.fa.ɡu/
bacteriófago is spelled B-A-C-T-E-R-I-Ó-F-A-G-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese, the 232,157th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bacteriófago is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bacteriophage (a virus that infects bacteria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “organismo que destrói as bactérias”.
What does bacteriófago mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebacteriophage (a virus that infects bacteria)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. organismo 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 bacteriófago
- bacteriófagos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bacteriófago?
- Brazil /ba.ki.te.ɾiˈɔ.fa.ɡu/
- Brazil /ba.ki.teˈɾjɔ.fa.ɡu/
- Brazil /bak.te.ɾiˈɔ.fa.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bacteriófago
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bacteriófago in Portuguese?
bacteriófago appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).