transgénico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From transgene + -ico.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈʒɛ.ni.ku/

  • Hyphenation: trans‧gé‧ni‧co

Adjective

transgénico (feminine transgénica, masculine plural transgénicos, feminine plural transgénicas) (European spelling)

  1. (biology) transgenic (genetically modified)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From trans- + gen + -ico.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾansˈxeniko/ [t̪ɾãnsˈxe.ni.ko]
  • Rhymes: -eniko
  • Syllabification: trans‧gé‧ni‧co

Adjective

transgénico (feminine transgénica, masculine plural transgénicos, feminine plural transgénicas)

  1. transgenic
    • 2020 December 9, Darinka Rodríguez, “Leydy Pech: la abeja reina de una colmena maya contra los transgénicos de Monsanto en México”, in El País, Mexico:
      Los cultivos transgénicos no son los únicos que amenazan la supervivencia de las abejas de los apicultores de la región.
      The transgenic growings are not the only ones menacing the survival of the regional beekeepers' bees.

Noun

transgénico m (plural transgénicos)

  1. transgenic

Further reading

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