parenteral
Portuguese, adjective/pa.ɾẽ.teˈɾaw/
parenteral is spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-E-R-A-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 83,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parenteral is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “parenteral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “realizado por distinta via que a oral, digestiva ou intestinal”.
What does parenteral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. realizado por distinta via que a oral, digestiva ou intestinal
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 parenteral
- parenterais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parenteral?
- Brazil /pa.ɾẽ.teˈɾaw/
- Brazil [pa.ɾẽ.teˈɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /pɐ.ɾẽ.tɨˈɾal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parenteral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parenteral in Portuguese?
parenteral appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).