azogue
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
azogue (countable and uncountable, plural azogues)
- (mining) Silver ores suitable for treatment by amalgamation with mercury.
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق (zāʾūq, “quicksilver”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθoɡe/, [aˈθo.ɣ̞e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsoɡe/, [aˈso.ɣ̞e]
Audio (Spain) (file) Audio (Peru) (file)
Noun[edit]
azogue m (uncountable)
- mercury, quicksilver
- Synonym: mercurio
Descendants[edit]
Verb[edit]
azogue
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of azogar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of azogar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of azogar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of azogar.
Further reading[edit]
- “azogue” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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