microplástico
Portuguese, noun/ˌmi.kɾoˈplas.t͡ʃi.ku/
microplástico is spelled M-I-C-R-O-P-L-Á-S-T-I-C-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese, the 253,762nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microplástico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “microplastic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “plástico de pequeníssimo tamanho (até 5 milímetros)”.
What does microplástico mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemicroplastic
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de material composto por microplástico
noun: 1. plástico de pequeníssimo tamanho (até 5 milímetros)
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 microplástico
- microplásticos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microplástico?
- Brazil /ˌmi.kɾoˈplas.t͡ʃi.ku/
- /ˌmi.kɾoˈplaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
- Portugal /ˌmi.kɾɔˈplaʃ.ti.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to microplástico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is microplástico in Portuguese?
microplástico appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).