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membrana

Portuguese, noun/mẽˈbɾɐ̃.nɐ/

membrana is spelled M-E-M-B-R-A-N-A (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Membrana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “membrane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “envoltório protetor de diversos órgãos e das células”.

What does membrana mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemembrane

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. envoltório protetor de diversos órgãos e das células

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 membrana

  • membranas plural

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

How do you pronounce membrana?

  • Brazil /mẽˈbɾɐ̃.nɐ/
  • Portugal /mẽˈbɾɐ.nɐ/
  • Portugal /mẽˈbɾa.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 membrana

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

How common is membrana in Portuguese?

membrana appears 3.0 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).

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