quimérico

Portuguese

Etymology

From quimera +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈmɛ.ɾi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈmɛ.ɾi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈmɛ.ɾi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kiˈmɛ.ɾi.ku/

• Hyphenation: qui‧mé‧ri‧co

Adjective

quimérico (feminine quimérica, masculine plural quiméricos, feminine plural quiméricas)

1. chimeric; imaginary; fanciful
2. (genetics) chimerical (resulting from the expression of two or more genes)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From quimera +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈmeɾiko/ [kiˈme.ɾi.ko]
• Rhymes: -eɾiko
• Syllabification: qui‧mé‧ri‧co

Adjective

quimérico (feminine quimérica, masculine plural quiméricos, feminine plural quiméricas)

1. chimeric

Further reading

• “quimérico”, 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