ribossomo
Portuguese, noun/ˌʁi.boˈsõ.mu/
ribossomo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ribosome (organelle involved in the production of proteins)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “organela citoplasmática visível ao microscópio eletrônico sob a forma de grânulos escuros, composta…”.
What does ribossomo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineribosome (organelle involved in the production of proteins)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. organela citoplasmática visível ao microscópio eletrônico sob a forma de grânulos escuros, composta essencialmente de ácidos ribonucleicos e proteínas, na qual ocorre a síntese de proteína; ribossoma
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 ribossomo
- ribossomos plural
- ribossoma alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ribossomo?
- Brazil /ˌʁi.boˈsõ.mu/
- Brazil [ˌhi.boˈsõ.mu]
- /ˌʁi.boˈsõ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ribossomo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ribossomo in Portuguese?
ribossomo appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).