paracetamol
Portuguese, noun/pa.ɾa.se.taˈmɔw/
paracetamol is spelled P-A-R-A-C-E-T-A-M-O-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,952nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paracetamol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “paracetamol (medicine used to relieve pain and reduce fever)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância (C₈H₉NO₂) utilizada como analgésico e antipirético”.
What does paracetamol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparacetamol (medicine used to relieve pain and reduce fever)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância (C₈H₉NO₂) utilizada como analgésico e antipirético
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.
How do you pronounce paracetamol?
- Brazil /pa.ɾa.se.taˈmɔw/
- Brazil [pa.ɾa.se.taˈmɔʊ̯]
- Portugal /pɐ.ɾɐ.sɛ.tɐˈmɔl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paracetamol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paracetamol in Portuguese?
paracetamol 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).