raquítico

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈki.t͡ʃi.ku/ [haˈki.t͡ʃi.ku]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁaˈki.t͡ʃi.ku/ [χaˈki.t͡ʃi.ku]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈki.t͡ʃi.ko/ [haˈki.t͡ʃi.ko]

  • Rhymes: -it͡ʃiku, -itiku
  • Hyphenation: ra‧quí‧ti‧co

Adjective

raquítico (feminine raquítica, masculine plural raquíticos, feminine plural raquíticas)

  1. (medicine) rickety (who suffers from rickets)
  2. (medicine) rickety (relating to rickets)
  3. frail, stunted
  4. (botany) little developed
  5. (figuratively) petty

Noun

raquítico m (plural raquíticos, feminine raquítica, feminine plural raquíticas)

  1. (medicine) a rickety person
  2. a frail or stunted person

Further reading

Spanish

Adjective

raquítico (feminine raquítica, masculine plural raquíticos, feminine plural raquíticas)

  1. (medicine) rachitic
  2. small, measly
  3. squalid, stunted

Further reading

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