doméstico

See also: domestico, domesticó, and domesticò

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin domesticus (“domestic”), from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈmɛs.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈmɛs.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /doˈmɛʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈmɛs.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈmɛʃ.ti.ku/

• IPA^(key): /do.ˈmɛs.t͡ʃi.ko/
• Hyphenation: do‧més‧ti‧co

Adjective

doméstico (feminine doméstica, masculine plural domésticos, feminine plural domésticas)

1. domestic (of or relating to the home)

   Synonyms: caseiro, domiciliar, domiciliário, familiar

2. domestic (of an animal: which is kept by someone)

   Synonyms: domado, manso

   Antonym: selvagem

Related terms

• domesticação
• domesticado
• domesticador
• domesticar
• domesticável
• domesticidade

 

Noun

doméstico m (plural domésticos, feminine doméstica, feminine plural domésticas)

1. domestic, house servant

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin domesticus (“domestic”), from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈmestiko/ [d̪oˈmes.t̪i.ko]

Adjective

doméstico (feminine doméstica, masculine plural domésticos, feminine plural domésticas)

1. domestic, household, home

   Antonym: silvestre

Derived terms

• animal doméstico
• domesticar
• domésticamente
• empleada doméstica
• quehaceres domésticos (“housework”)
• video doméstico
• violencia doméstica

Related terms

• domesticación f (“domestication”)

Noun

doméstico m (plural domésticos, feminine doméstica, feminine plural domésticas)

1. (Chile) a person who steals from their neighbors

Further reading

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