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triptofano

Portuguese, noun/tɾi.pi.toˈfɐ̃.nu/

triptofano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tryptophan (an essential amino acid)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does triptofano mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetryptophan (an essential amino acid)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of triptofano

  • triptofanos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce triptofano?

  • Brazil /tɾi.pi.toˈfɐ̃.nu/
  • Brazil /tɾip.toˈfɐ̃.nu/
  • Portugal /tɾip.tuˈfɐ.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 triptofano

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is triptofano in Portuguese?

triptofano 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).