estrógeno
See also: estrogeno
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈtɾɔ.ʒe.nu/, /esˈtɾɔ.ʒe.nu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈtɾɔ.ʒe.nu/, /eʃˈtɾɔ.ʒe.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈtɾɔ.ʒe.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈtɾɔ.ʒɨ.nu/
- Hyphenation: es‧tró‧ge‧no
Noun
estrógeno m (plural estrógenos)
- (biochemistry, steroids) estrogen (hormone secreted by the ovaries)
- Synonym: estrogénio
Further reading
- “estrógeno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “estrógeno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English estrogen. By surface analysis, estro + -geno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈtɾoxeno/ [esˈt̪ɾo.xe.no]
- Rhymes: -oxeno
- Syllabification: es‧tró‧ge‧no
Noun
estrógeno m (plural estrógenos)
- (biochemistry, steroids) estrogen (hormone secreted by the ovaries)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Adjective
estrógeno (feminine estrógena, masculine plural estrógenos, feminine plural estrógenas)
- estrogenic
- Synonym: estrogénico
Further reading
- “estrógeno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025