cáustico

See also: caustico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaws.t͡ʃi.ku/ [ˈkaʊ̯s.t͡ʃi.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaws.t͡ʃi.ku/ [ˈkaʊ̯s.t͡ʃi.ku]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkawʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/ [ˈkaʊ̯ʃ.t͡ʃi.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaws.t͡ʃi.ko/ [ˈkaʊ̯s.t͡ʃi.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkawʃ.ti.ku/

• Hyphenation: cáus‧ti‧co

Adjective

cáustico (feminine cáustica, masculine plural cáusticos, feminine plural cáusticas)

1. caustic (capable of destroying organic tissue)
2. (figurative) caustic (very critical or unpleasant)

Noun

cáustico m (plural cáusticos)

1. caustic (substance which burns, corrodes or destroys organic tissue)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin caustĭcus, from Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaustiko/ [ˈkau̯s.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -austiko
• Syllabification: cáus‧ti‧co

Adjective

cáustico (feminine cáustica, masculine plural cáusticos, feminine plural cáusticas)

1. acrimonious; caustic

Derived terms

• cáusticamente

 

Further reading

• “cáustico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014