látex
Portuguese, noun/ˈla.tɛks/
látex is spelled L-Á-T-E-X (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Látex is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “latex (milky sap used to make rubber)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância líquida, espessa, geralmente leitosa, presente em algumas plantas”.
What does látex mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelatex (milky sap used to make rubber)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância líquida, espessa, geralmente leitosa, presente em algumas plantas
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.
How do you pronounce látex?
- Brazil /ˈla.tɛks/
- Portugal /ˈla.tɛks/
- Portugal /laˈtɛks/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to látex
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is látex in Portuguese?
látex appears 1.9 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).