etano
Portuguese, noun/eˈtɐ̃.nu/
etano is spelled E-T-A-N-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Etano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “variedade de carboneto do grupo formênico”.
What does etano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineethane (aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. variedade de carboneto do grupo formênico
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 etano
- etanos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce etano?
- Brazil /eˈtɐ̃.nu/
- Portugal /ɛˈtɐ.nu/
- Portugal /ɛˈta.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to etano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is etano in Portuguese?
etano appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).