enzima
Portuguese, noun/ẽˈzĩ.mɐ/
enzima is spelled E-N-Z-I-M-A (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,106th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enzima is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “enzyme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “proteína que atua como catalisador”.
What does enzima mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineenzyme
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. proteína que atua como catalisador 2. diástase
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 enzima
- enzimas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enzima?
- Brazil /ẽˈzĩ.mɐ/
- Brazil /ĩˈzĩ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ẽˈzi.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enzima
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enzima in Portuguese?
enzima appears 2.2 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).