poliestireno
Portuguese, noun/ˌpɔ.li.is.t͡ʃiˈɾẽ.nu/
poliestireno is spelled P-O-L-I-E-S-T-I-R-E-N-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 63,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poliestireno is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “polystyrene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “resina do grupo dos termoplásticos, cuja característica reside na sua fácil flexibilidade ou moldabilidade…”.
What does poliestireno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepolystyrene
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. resina do grupo dos termoplásticos, cuja característica reside na sua fácil flexibilidade ou moldabilidade sob a ação do calor, que a deixa em forma líquida ou pastosa; é a matéria-prima dos copos descartáveis, de lacres de barris de chope e de várias outras peças de uso doméstico, além de embalagens
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 poliestireno
- poliestirenos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poliestireno?
- Brazil /ˌpɔ.li.is.t͡ʃiˈɾẽ.nu/
- Brazil /ˌpɔ.li.es.t͡ʃiˈɾẽ.nu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poliestireno
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poliestireno in Portuguese?
poliestireno appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).