dopamina
Portuguese, noun/do.paˈmĩ.nɐ/
dopamina is spelled D-O-P-A-M-I-N-A (8 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dopamina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dopamine (neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning and pleasure)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “catecolamina, precursora da adrenalina e da noradrenalina”.
What does dopamina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedopamine (neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning and pleasure)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. catecolamina, precursora da adrenalina e da noradrenalina
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 dopamina
- dopaminas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dopamina?
- Brazil /do.paˈmĩ.nɐ/
- Portugal /dɔ.pɐˈmi.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 dopamina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dopamina in Portuguese?
dopamina appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).