plástico
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσειν (plássein, “to mold, form”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈplas.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈplaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈplas.t͡ʃi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈplaʃ.ti.ku/
- Hyphenation: plás‧ti‧co
Adjective
plástico (feminine plástica, masculine plural plásticos, feminine plural plásticas)
- plastic, malleable; mouldable
- (relational) plastic surgery
- (relational) plastic arts
- Synonym: plasticista
Derived terms
- artista plástico
- cirurgia plástica
- matéria plástica
- plástica
- saco plástico
- sacola plástica
Related terms
Noun
plástico m (plural plásticos)
- plastic (a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material)
Derived terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσειν (plássein, “to mold, form”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈplastiko/ [ˈplas.t̪i.ko]
- Rhymes: -astiko
- Syllabification: plás‧ti‧co
Adjective
plástico (feminine plástica, masculine plural plásticos, feminine plural plásticas)
- plastic (constructed of plastic)
Derived terms
- cirugía plástica
- dinero de plástico
- dinero plástico
- envoltura de plástico
- microplástico
- plástico de burbujas
Further reading
- “plástico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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