neurônio
Portuguese, noun
neurônio is spelled N-E-U-R-Ô-N-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Neurônio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of neurónio” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, neurónio is a different word: “neuron (a cell of the nervous system)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “célula do sistema nervoso responsável pela transmissão de sinais químicos e elétricos”.
What does neurônio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of neurónio
noun
- 1
masculineneuron (a cell of the nervous system)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. célula do sistema nervoso responsável pela transmissão de sinais químicos e elétricos
noun: 1. célula do sistema nervoso responsável pela transmissão de sinais químicos e elétricos
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 neurônio
- neurónios plural
- neurônio alternative Brazil
- neurônios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to neurônio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is neurônio in Portuguese?
neurônio appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).