catabolismo
Portuguese, noun/ka.ta.boˈliz.mu/
catabolismo is spelled C-A-T-A-B-O-L-I-S-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catabolismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “catabolism (destructive metabolism)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “degradação ou "quebra" de compostos orgânicos”.
What does catabolismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecatabolism (destructive metabolism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. degradação ou "quebra" de compostos orgânicos
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 catabolismo
- catabolismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catabolismo?
- Brazil /ka.ta.boˈliz.mu/
- /ka.ta.boˈliʒ.mu/
- Portugal /kɐ.tɐ.buˈliʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catabolismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catabolismo in Portuguese?
catabolismo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).