mercúrio

See also: mercurio, Mercurio, and Mercúrio

Portuguese

Chemical element
Hg
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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈku.ɾi.u/ [mehˈku.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /meʁˈku.ɾju/ [mehˈku.ɾju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈku.ɾi.u/ [mehˈku.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /meʁˈku.ɾju/ [mehˈku.ɾju]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾˈku.ɾi.u/ [meɾˈku.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /meɾˈku.ɾju/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁˈku.ɾi.u/ [meχˈku.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /meʁˈku.ɾju/ [meχˈku.ɾju]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meɻˈku.ɾi.o/ [meɻˈku.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /meɻˈku.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾˈku.ɾju/

• Homophone: Mercúrio
• Hyphenation: mer‧cú‧ri‧o

Noun

mercúrio m (usually uncountable, plural mercúrios)

1. (chemistry) mercury (chemical element)

Related terms

• mercurial
• mercuroso

Further reading

• “mercúrio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025