xantina
Portuguese, noun/ʃɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
xantina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “xanthine (any group of alkaloids, including caffeine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “composto orgânico encontrado na urina e em diversos tecidos do corpo humano, além de algumas plantas”.
What does xantina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininexanthine (any group of alkaloids, including caffeine)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. composto orgânico encontrado na urina e em diversos tecidos do corpo humano, além de algumas plantas
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 xantina
- xantinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xantina?
- Brazil /ʃɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
- Portugal /ʃɐ̃ˈti.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 xantina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xantina in Portuguese?
xantina appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).