estroncio

See also: estrôncio

Galician

Noun

estroncio m (uncountable)

1. strontium

Spanish

Chemical element (edit)
Sr Atomic number 38 estroncio
Classification data Period 5 Group 2 Block s-block Class alkaline earth metal
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Etymology

Borrowed from English strontium, from Strontian, town in Scotland where the mineral was discovered.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾonθjo/ [esˈt̪ɾõn̟.θjo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /esˈtɾonsjo/ [esˈt̪ɾõn.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -onθjo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -onsjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: es‧tron‧cio

Noun

estroncio m (uncountable)

1. strontium

Further reading

• “estroncio”, 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