acetato

See also: aĉetato

Italian

Noun

acetato m (plural acetati)

1. (organic chemistry) acetate

Derived terms

• acetato di butile
• acetato di cellulosa
• acetato di etile
• acetato di magnesio
• acetato di metile
• acetato di polivinile
• acetato di propile
• acetato di sodio
• acetato di vinile

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French acétate, from Vulgar Latin acētātu-, participle of acētāre (“to turn into acētum (“vinegar”)”). First attested in 1846.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.seˈta.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɨˈta.tu/

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧ta‧to

Noun

acetato m (plural acetatos)

1. (uncountable, organic chemistry) acetate
2. transparency (a transparent material with an image on it, that is viewable by shining light through it.)

Related terms

• acetal
• acetário
• acético
• acetil
• acetileno
• acetilo

Further reading

• “acetato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “acetato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθeˈtato/ [a.θeˈt̪a.t̪o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /aseˈtato/ [a.seˈt̪a.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧ta‧to

Noun

acetato m (plural acetatos)

1. (organic chemistry) acetate

Derived terms

• cloroacetato
• oxaloacetato
• tricloroacetato

Related terms

• acético
• ácido acético

Further reading

• “acetato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “acetato”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010