retina
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
retina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “retina (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of retinir.
What does retina mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineretina (thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of retina
- retinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retina?
- Brazil /ʁeˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
- Brazil [heˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ]
- /ʁeˈt͡ʃĩ.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 retina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retina in Portuguese?
retina appears 1.9 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).