proteína

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Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾotɛˈina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: pro‧te‧í‧na

Noun

proteína f (plural proteínas)

  1. protein

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • 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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾoteˈina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: pro‧te‧í‧na

Noun

proteína f (plural proteínas)

  1. (biochemistry) protein

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