cáustico

See also: caustico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaws.t͡ʃi.ku/ [ˈkaʊ̯s.t͡ʃi.ku]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkawʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/ [ˈkaʊ̯ʃ.t͡ʃi.ku]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaws.t͡ʃi.ko/ [ˈkaʊ̯s.t͡ʃi.ko]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkawʃ.ti.ku/

Hyphenation: cáus‧ti‧co

Adjective

cáustico (feminine cáustica, masculine plural cáusticos, feminine plural cáusticas)

caustic (capable of destroying organic tissue)
(figurative) caustic (very critical or unpleasant)

Noun

cáustico m (plural cáusticos)

caustic (substance which burns, corrodes or destroys organic tissue)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin caustĭcus, from Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaustiko/ [ˈkau̯s.t̪i.ko]
Rhymes: -austiko
Syllabification: cáus‧ti‧co

Adjective

cáustico (feminine cáustica, masculine plural cáusticos, feminine plural cáusticas)

acrimonious; caustic

Derived terms

cáusticamente

Further reading

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

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