proteína
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾotɛˈina/ [pɾo.t̪ɛˈi.nɐ]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: pro‧te‧í‧na
Noun
proteína f (plural proteínas)
Further reading
- “proteína”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.teˈĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.teˈi.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɔ.tɐˈi.nɐ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -inɐ, (most of Brazil) -ĩnɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ina
- Hyphenation: pro‧te‧í‧na
Noun
proteína f (plural proteínas)
- (nutrition) protein (one of three major classes of food)
- (biochemistry) protein (a large, complex molecule composed of long chains of amino acids)
- (by extension) high-protein foods, especially meat
Further reading
- “proteína”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “proteína”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoteˈina/ [pɾo.t̪eˈi.na]
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: pro‧te‧í‧na
Noun
proteína f (plural proteínas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “proteína”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024