progesterona

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.ʒes.teˈɾõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.ʒes.teˈɾõ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾo.ʒeʃ.teˈɾõ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.ʒɨʃ.tɨˈɾo.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: pro‧ges‧te‧ro‧na

Noun

progesterona f (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) progesterone (steroid hormone secreted by the ovaries)

Further reading

• “progesterona”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “progesterona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoxesteˈɾona/ [pɾo.xes.t̪eˈɾo.na]
• Rhymes: -ona
• Syllabification: pro‧ges‧te‧ro‧na

Noun

progesterona f (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry, steroids) progesterone (steroid hormone secreted by the ovaries)

Further reading

• “progesterona”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025