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dendrito

Portuguese, noun/dẽˈdɾi.tu/

dendrito is spelled D-E-N-D-R-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written Portuguese, the 262,312th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dendrito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dendrite (projection of a nerve cell)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does dendrito mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedendrite (projection of a nerve cell)

  2. 2

    masculinedendrite (tree-like structure of crystals)

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

Forms of dendrito

  • dendritos plural

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

How do you pronounce dendrito?

  • Brazil /dẽˈdɾi.tu/
  • Portugal /dẽˈdɾi.tu/

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

English words that translate to dendrito

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

How common is dendrito in Portuguese?

dendrito appears about once in every 93 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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