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Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾotɛˈina/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: pro‧te‧í‧na
Noun
proteína f (plural proteínas)
- 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)
- (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
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoteˈina/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: pro‧te‧í‧na
Noun
proteína f (plural proteínas)
- (biochemistry) protein
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