apotropaico

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιος (apotrópaios, “averting, warding off”), from ἀποτρέπω (apotrépō, “to avert, ward off”).

• IPA^(key): /a.po.troˈpa.i.ko/
• Rhymes: -aiko
• Hyphenation: a‧po‧tro‧pà‧i‧co

apotropaico (feminine apotropaica, masculine plural apotropaici, feminine plural apotropaiche)

1. apotropaic
2. warding off bad luck

• scaramantico

apotropaico (feminine apotropaica, masculine plural apotropaicos, feminine plural apotropaicas)

1. (religion, mysticism) apotropaic (intended to ward off evil)

apotropaico (feminine apotropaica, masculine plural apotropaicos, feminine plural apotropaicas)

1. apotropaic

• “apotropaico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014