hormona
Portuguese, noun/oʁˈmõ.nɐ/
hormona is spelled H-O-R-M-O-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hormona is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hormone (substance that produces physiological effects)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância química específica fabricada pelo sistema endócrino ou por neurónios altamente especializados”.
What does hormona mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininehormone (substance that produces physiological effects)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância química específica fabricada pelo sistema endócrino ou por neurónios altamente especializados
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 hormona
- hormonas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hormona?
- Brazil /oʁˈmõ.nɐ/
- Brazil [oɦˈmõ.nɐ]
- /oɾˈmõ.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 hormona
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hormona in Portuguese?
hormona appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).