tóxico
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin toxicum (“arrow poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “arrow poison”), from τοξικός (toxikós, “pertaining to bows”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin toxicum (“arrow poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “arrow poison”), from τοξικός (toxikós, “pertaining to bows”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔk.si.ku/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɔk.si.ko/
- (sense: recreational drug, humorous mispronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ʃi.ku/
- Hyphenation: tó‧xi‧co
Noun
tóxico m (plural tóxicos)
- (toxicology) poison (substance harmful to a living organism)
- a recreational drug
Adjective
tóxico m (feminine singular tóxica, masculine plural tóxicos, feminine plural tóxicas, comparable)
- (toxicology) toxic (harmful to a living organism)
Synonyms
Antonyms
- atóxico
Related terms
- endotóxico
- intoxicação
- intoxicado
- intoxicamento
- intoxicante
- intoxicar
- toxicar
- toxicemia
- toxicêmico
- toxicidade
- toxicofobia
- toxicófobo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin toxicum (“arrow poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “arrow poison”), from τοξικός (toxikós, “pertaining to bows”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”). Cf. also tósigo,.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoksiko/, [ˈt̪oksiko]
- Hyphenation: tó‧xi‧co
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “tóxico” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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