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naftalina

Portuguese, noun/naf.taˈlĩ.nɐ/

naftalina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “naphthalene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comercial de naftaleno”.

What does naftalina mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininenaphthalene

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. nome comercial de naftaleno

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 naftalina

  • naftalinas plural

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

How do you pronounce naftalina?

  • Brazil /naf.taˈlĩ.nɐ/
  • Brazil /na.fi.taˈlĩ.nɐ/
  • Portugal /nɐf.tɐˈli.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 naftalina

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

How common is naftalina in Portuguese?

naftalina appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.

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