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citoplasma

Portuguese, noun/si.toˈplaz.mɐ/

citoplasma is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cytoplasm (contents of a cell excluding the nucleus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em seres eucariontes: espaço intra-celular entre a membrana plasmática e o envoltório nuclear; nos…”.

What does citoplasma mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecytoplasm (contents of a cell excluding the nucleus)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. em seres eucariontes: espaço intra-celular entre a membrana plasmática e o envoltório nuclear; nos procariotos: corresponde a totalidade da área intra-celular

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 citoplasma

  • citoplasmas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce citoplasma?

  • Brazil /si.toˈplaz.mɐ/
  • /si.toˈplaʒ.mɐ/
  • Portugal /si.tuˈplaʒ.mɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to citoplasma

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is citoplasma in Portuguese?

citoplasma appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).