azogue
English
Noun
azogue (countable and uncountable, plural azogues)
- (mining) silver ores suitable for treatment by amalgamation with mercury.
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθoɡe/ [aˈθo.ɣ̞e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsoɡe/ [aˈso.ɣ̞e]
- Rhymes: -oɡe
- Syllabification: a‧zo‧gue
Etymology 1
From Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق (zāʔūq, “quicksilver”).
Verb
azogue
- inflection of azogar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “azogue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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