arsénico

From Latin arsenicum.

arsénico m (uncountable)

1. arsenic

• “arsénico”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

• arsênico (Brazil)

Borrowed from Latin arsenicum.

• Hyphenation: ar‧sé‧ni‧co

arsénico (feminine arsénica, masculine plural arsénicos, feminine plural arsénicas) (European spelling)

1. (inorganic chemistry) arsenic (related to arsenic acid)

arsénico m (plural arsénicos) (European spelling)

1. Synonym of arsénio

• “arsénico” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Borrowed from Latin arsenicum, from Ancient Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón, “yellow arsenic”), identified by folk etymology with ἄρσην (ársēn, “male, manly”), but actually from Semitic source, and ultimately from an Avestan term meaning "gold". More at arsenic.

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈseniko/ [aɾˈse.ni.ko]

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• Rhymes: -eniko
• Syllabification: ar‧sé‧ni‧co

arsénico m (uncountable)

1. arsenic

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