electrostático

Portuguese

Adjective

electrostático (feminine electrostática, masculine plural electrostáticos, feminine plural electrostáticas)

1. (European Portuguese spelling) pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of eletrostático; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.

Latin ēlectrum

Latin electro-bor.

Spanish electro-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti

Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi

Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós)der.

Spanish -stático

Spanish electrostático

From electro- + -stático.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˌleɡtɾosˈtatiko/ [eˌleɣ̞.t̪ɾosˈt̪a.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -atiko
• Syllabification: e‧lec‧tros‧tá‧ti‧co

Adjective

electrostático (feminine electrostática, masculine plural electrostáticos, feminine plural electrostáticas)

1. (physics) electrostatic

Derived terms

• electrostáticamente

Further reading

• “electrostático”, 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