carcinogénico

See also: carcinogenico and carcinogênico

Portuguese

Etymology

From carcinógeno +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.si.nɔˈʒɛ.ni.ku/

• Hyphenation: car‧ci‧no‧gé‧ni‧co

Adjective

carcinogénico (feminine carcinogénica, masculine plural carcinogénicos, feminine plural carcinogénicas)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of carcinogênico

Further reading

• “carcinogénico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “carcinogénico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From carcinógeno +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾθinoˈxeniko/ [kaɾ.θi.noˈxe.ni.ko] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾsinoˈxeniko/ [kaɾ.si.noˈxe.ni.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eniko
• Syllabification: car‧ci‧no‧gé‧ni‧co

Adjective

carcinogénico (feminine carcinogénica, masculine plural carcinogénicos, feminine plural carcinogénicas)

1. carcinogenic

   Synonym: cancerígeno

Further reading

• “carcinogénico”, 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