interferão
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.teʁ.feˈɾɐ̃w̃/
interferão is spelled I-N-T-E-R-F-E-R-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Interferão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “interferon (glycoprotein that prevents viral replication in infected cells)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does interferão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinterferon (glycoprotein that prevents viral replication in infected cells)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of interferão
- interferões plural
- interferon alternative Brazil
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce interferão?
- Brazil /ĩ.teʁ.feˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ĩ.teh.feˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ĩ.teɾ.feˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to interferão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is interferão in Portuguese?
interferão appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).