embrião
Portuguese, noun/ẽ.bɾiˈɐ̃w̃/
embrião is spelled E-M-B-R-I-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embrião is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “embryo (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “organismo vivo nas primeiras etapas de seu desenvolvimento”.
What does embrião mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineembryo (all senses)
- 2
masculinegerm
- 3
masculineorigin, beginning
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. organismo vivo nas primeiras etapas de seu desenvolvimento 2. célula-ovo fecundada 3. feto até o terceiro mês de vida intra-uterina 4. princípio
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 embrião
- embriões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embrião?
- Brazil /ẽ.bɾiˈɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ẽ.bɾiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /ẽˈbɾjɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embrião
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embrião in Portuguese?
embrião appears 1.9 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).