vacina
Portuguese, noun/vaˈsĩ.nɐ/
vacina is spelled V-A-C-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vacina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vaccine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of vacinar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “preparação usada como inoculação preventiva para dar imunidade contra uma doença específica e que usualmente…”.
What does vacina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevaccine
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. preparação usada como inoculação preventiva para dar imunidade contra uma doença específica e que usualmente emprega uma forma enfraquecida do agente patogênico
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 vacina
- vacinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vacina?
- Brazil /vaˈsĩ.nɐ/
- Portugal /vɐˈsi.nɐ/
- Portugal /vaˈsi.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 vacina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vacina in Portuguese?
vacina appears 12 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).