papiráceo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin papyraceus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.piˈɾa.se.u/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.piˈɾa.se.u/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.piˈɾa.se.o/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.piˈɾa.sju/

• Hyphenation: pa‧pi‧rá‧ce‧o

Adjective

papiráceo (feminine papirácea, masculine plural papiráceos, feminine plural papiráceas)

1. resembling paper: papery, papyraceous

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin papyraceus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /papiˈɾaθeo/ [pa.piˈɾa.θe.o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /papiˈɾaseo/ [pa.piˈɾa.se.o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθeo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aseo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pa‧pi‧rá‧ce‧o

Adjective

papiráceo (feminine papirácea, masculine plural papiráceos, feminine plural papiráceas)

1. papyraceous

Related terms

• papel
• papiro

Further reading

• “papiráceo”, 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