micróbio
Portuguese, noun/miˈkɾɔ.bju/
micróbio is spelled M-I-C-R-Ó-B-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Micróbio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “microbe; microorganism (lifeform invisible to the naked eye)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ser microscópico, vivo, que habita no ar e na água”.
What does micróbio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemicrobe; microorganism (lifeform invisible to the naked eye)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ser microscópico, vivo, que habita no ar e na água 2. ser unicelular, pertencente ao grupo das algas, e apenas visível com o auxílio de grande ampliação microscópica 3. bacilo; bactéria
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 micróbio
- micróbios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce micróbio?
- Brazil /miˈkɾɔ.bju/
- Portugal /miˈkɾɔ.bju/
- Portugal [miˈkɾɔ.βju]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to micróbio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is micróbio in Portuguese?
micróbio 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).