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citosina

Portuguese, noun/si.toˈzĩ.nɐ/

citosina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cytosine (a base which appears in DNA)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does citosina mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecytosine (a base which appears in DNA)

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

How do you pronounce citosina?

  • Brazil /si.toˈzĩ.nɐ/
  • Portugal /si.tuˈzi.nɐ/

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

English words that translate to citosina

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

How common is citosina in Portuguese?

citosina appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.

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