carboxila
Portuguese, noun/kaʁ.bokˈsi.lɐ/
carboxila is spelled C-A-R-B-O-X-I-L-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carboxila is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “carboxyl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grupamento orgânico (−COOH), presente em ácidos carboxílicos, derivado da união do grupamento carbonila com o…”.
What does carboxila mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecarboxyl
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grupamento orgânico (−COOH), presente em ácidos carboxílicos, derivado da união do grupamento carbonila com o grupamento hidroxila
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 carboxila
- carboxilas plural
- carboxilo alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carboxila?
- Brazil /kaʁ.bokˈsi.lɐ/
- Brazil [kaɦ.bokˈsi.lɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carboxila
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carboxila in Portuguese?
carboxila appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).