mitocôndria
Portuguese, noun/mi.toˈkõ.dɾjɐ/
mitocôndria is spelled M-I-T-O-C-Ô-N-D-R-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mitocôndria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mitochondrion (respiratory organelle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “organela celular responsável pelo processamento e conversão de substâncias químicas em energia na forma de…”.
What does mitocôndria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemitochondrion (respiratory organelle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. organela celular responsável pelo processamento e conversão de substâncias químicas em energia na forma de adenosina trifosfato
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 mitocôndria
- mitocôndrias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mitocôndria?
- Brazil /mi.toˈkõ.dɾjɐ/
- Portugal /mi.tuˈkõ.dɾi.ɐ/
- Portugal /mi.tuˈkõ.dɾjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mitocôndria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mitocôndria in Portuguese?
mitocôndria appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).