inseticida

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• insecticida (obsolete)

Etymology

From inseto (“insect”) +‎ -cida.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈsi.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈsi.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.se.t͡ʃiˈsi.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sɛ.tiˈsi.dɐ/ [ĩ.sɛ.tiˈsi.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: in‧se‧ti‧ci‧da

Noun

inseticida m (plural inseticidas)

1. insecticide

Further reading

• “inseticida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026