contaminante
Portuguese, noun/kõ.ta.miˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
contaminante is spelled C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-A-N-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contaminante is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “contaminant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agente, substância ou elemento capaz de contaminar; poluente, impureza”.
What does contaminante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontaminant
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que contamina; que transmite impureza, doença ou poluição 2. que exerce influência negativa, corruptora ou nociva
noun: 1. agente, substância ou elemento capaz de contaminar; poluente, impureza 2. qualquer substância ou energia que cause poluição ou desequilíbrio ambiental
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 contaminante
- contaminantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contaminante?
- Brazil /kõ.ta.miˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /kõ.tɐ.miˈnɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contaminante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contaminante in Portuguese?
contaminante appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).