purina
Portuguese, noun/puˈɾĩ.nɐ/
purina is spelled P-U-R-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “purine (heterocyclic compound composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “composto orgânico heterocíclico; é composta por um anel pirimidínico fundido a um anel imidazólico”.
What does purina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepurine (heterocyclic compound composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. composto orgânico heterocíclico; é composta por um anel pirimidínico fundido a um anel imidazólico
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 purina
- purinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce purina?
- Brazil /puˈɾĩ.nɐ/
- Portugal /puˈɾi.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 purina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is purina in Portuguese?
purina 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).