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magnesita

Portuguese, noun/ma.ɡi.neˈzi.tɐ/

magnesita is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “magnesite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mineral de carbonato de magnésio (MgCO3)”.

What does magnesita mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemagnesite

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mineral de carbonato de magnésio (MgCO3)

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 magnesita

  • magnesitas plural
  • magnesite alternative Portugal

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce magnesita?

  • Brazil /ma.ɡi.neˈzi.tɐ/
  • Brazil /maɡ.neˈzi.tɐ/
  • Portugal /maɡ.nɨˈzi.tɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to magnesita

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is magnesita in Portuguese?

magnesita appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).