Polyglot Dictionary

bactéria

/bakˈtɛɾjɐ/

a noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as bactérias

Meaning

  1. bacterium

    • A bactéria causou a infecção.

      The bacterium caused the infection.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Bakterie

Bakterie is the German word for the same thing — both mean "bacterium."

Spanish

bacteria

bacteria is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "bacterium."

Practice

1 What does bactéria mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ causou a infecção.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bactéria?

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