oxígeno
Spanish
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Etymology
From French oxygène, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + γένος (génos, “birth”), referring to oxygen's role in the formation of acids.
Pronunciation
Noun
oxígeno m (plural oxígenos)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “oxígeno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- oxígeno on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es