asbesto

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈbesto/

• Audio 1:

  (file)

• Audio 2:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: as‧bes‧to

Noun

asbesto (uncountable, accusative asbeston)

1. asbestos

Interlingua

Noun

asbesto

1. asbestos

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /azˈbes.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /azˈbes.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʒˈbeʃ.tu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʒˈbeʃ.tu/ [ɐʒˈβeʃ.tu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʒˈbeʃ.tu/ [ɐʒˈβeʃ.tu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʒˈbeʃ.tu/

• Hyphenation: as‧bes‧to

Noun

asbesto m (plural asbestos)

1. asbestos (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)

   Synonym: amianto

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)

Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes-der.?

Ancient Greek σβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek σβεστός (sbestós)

Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos)bor.

Latin asbestoslbor.

Spanish asbesto

Learned borrowing from Latin asbestos, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈbesto/ [azˈβ̞es.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: as‧bes‧to

Noun

asbesto m (plural asbestos)

1. asbestos

Derived terms

• asbestosis

Descendants

• → Tagalog: asbesto

Further reading

• “asbesto”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish asbestos, plural of asbesto (“asbestos”), from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “incombustible”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔasˈbesto/ [ʔɐsˈbɛs.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: as‧bes‧to

Noun

asbesto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. asbestos