pesticida
Portuguese, noun/pes.t͡ʃiˈsi.dɐ/
pesticida is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pesticide (generic term for insecticidal substances used to protect plants from attack by parasites)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “produto químico utilizado para matar insetos e ervas daninhas”.
What does pesticida mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepesticide (generic term for insecticidal substances used to protect plants from attack by parasites)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. produto químico utilizado para matar insetos e ervas daninhas
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 pesticida
- pesticidas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pesticida?
- Brazil /pes.t͡ʃiˈsi.dɐ/
- /peʃ.t͡ʃiˈsi.dɐ/
- Portugal /pɛʃ.tiˈsi.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pesticida
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pesticida in Portuguese?
pesticida appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).