glucagon
Portuguese, noun/ɡlu.kaˈɡõ/
glucagon is spelled G-L-U-C-A-G-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 90,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glucagon is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “glucagon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “hormônio (polipeptídeo) segregado pelo pâncreas, cuja produção é estimulada pelo estado de baixa glicemia; o…”.
What does glucagon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglucagon
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hormônio (polipeptídeo) segregado pelo pâncreas, cuja produção é estimulada pelo estado de baixa glicemia; o seu efeito é contrário ao da insulina, causando a liberação de açúcares no sangue
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 glucagon
- glucagons plural
- glucagom alternative
- glucagão alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce glucagon?
- Brazil /ɡlu.kaˈɡõ/
- Portugal /ɡlu.kɐˈɡõ/
- Portugal [ɡlu.kɐˈɣõ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to glucagon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is glucagon in Portuguese?
glucagon appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).