proteína
Portuguese, noun/pɾo.teˈĩ.nɐ/
proteína is spelled P-R-O-T-E-Í-N-A (8 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,159th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proteína is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “protein (one of three major classes of food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “composto quaternário de carbono, hidrogênio, oxigênio e nitrogênio, que forma grandes e complexas moléculas…”.
What does proteína mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprotein (one of three major classes of food)
- 2
feminineprotein (a large, complex molecule composed of long chains of amino acids)
- 3
femininehigh-protein foods, especially meat
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. composto quaternário de carbono, hidrogênio, oxigênio e nitrogênio, que forma grandes e complexas moléculas compostas por longas cadeias de aminoácidos 2. uma das três principais classes de alimentos necessários para a manutenção da vida; pode ser obtida dos animais (carne) e de alguns vegetais (legumes)
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 proteína
- proteínas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce proteína?
- Brazil /pɾo.teˈĩ.nɐ/
- Portugal /pɾɔ.tɐˈi.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 proteína
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is proteína in Portuguese?
proteína appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).