proteína

See also: proteina, protéina, proteïna, proteiną, and proteină

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾotɛˈina/ [pɾo.t̪ɛˈi.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: pro‧te‧í‧na

Noun

proteína f (plural proteínas)

1. protein

Further reading

• “proteína”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.teˈĩ.nɐ/

• (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)

1. (nutrition) protein (one of three major classes of food)
2. (biochemistry) protein (a large, complex molecule composed of long chains of amino acids)
3. (by extension) high-protein foods, especially meat

Further reading

• “proteína”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “proteína”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoteˈina/ [pɾo.t̪eˈi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: pro‧te‧í‧na

Noun

proteína f (plural proteínas)

1. (biochemistry) protein

Derived terms

• proteico
• proteína cinasa
• proteína kinasa
• proteína quinasa
• proteínico

 

Further reading

• “proteína”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• entropía