colágeno

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: co‧lá‧ge‧no

Noun

colágeno m (plural colágenos)

  1. (biochemistry) collagen (glycoprotein that forms elongated fibres)
    Synonym: colagénio

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French collagène, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) and -geno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈlaxeno/ [koˈla.xe.no]
  • Rhymes: -axeno
  • Syllabification: co‧lá‧ge‧no

Adjective

colágeno (feminine colágena, masculine plural colágenos, feminine plural colágenas)

  1. collagenic

Noun

colágeno m (plural colágenos)

  1. (biochemistry) collagen
  2. (slang) younger partner
    Ella ya es una señora y él es mi hermano menor, que busque su colágeno en otra parte.
    She's a grown up and he's my little brother, let her find a young thing somewhere else.

Further reading

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