tóxico

See also: toxico and toxico-

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).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tóxico m (feminine singular tóxica, masculine plural tóxicos, feminine plural tóxicas)

  1. toxic

Further reading


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)

  1. (toxicology) poison (substance harmful to a living organism)
  2. a recreational drug

Synonyms

Adjective

tóxico m (feminine singular tóxica, masculine plural tóxicos, feminine plural tóxicas, comparable)

  1. (toxicology) toxic (harmful to a living organism)

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • atóxico

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

Adjective

tóxico (feminine singular tóxica, masculine plural tóxicos, feminine plural tóxicas)

  1. toxic

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

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