nitroglicerina
Portuguese, noun/ni.tɾo.ɡli.seˈɾĩ.nɐ/
nitroglicerina is spelled N-I-T-R-O-G-L-I-C-E-R-I-N-A (14 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,216th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nitroglicerina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nitroglycerine (a heavy, colourless, oily, explosive liquid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “éter nítrico da glicerina, líquido, oleoso, amarelado, que se obtém ao acrescentar glicerina numa mistura de…”.
What does nitroglicerina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenitroglycerine (a heavy, colourless, oily, explosive liquid)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. éter nítrico da glicerina, líquido, oleoso, amarelado, que se obtém ao acrescentar glicerina numa mistura de ácidos nítrico e sulfúrico concentrados
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 nitroglicerina
- nitroglicerinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nitroglicerina?
- Brazil /ni.tɾo.ɡli.seˈɾĩ.nɐ/
- Portugal /ni.tɾu.ɡli.sɨˈɾi.nɐ/
- Portugal [ni.tɾu.ɣli.sɨˈɾi.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 nitroglicerina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nitroglicerina in Portuguese?
nitroglicerina 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).