tântalo

See also: tantalo, Tantalo, and tántalo

Portuguese

Chemical element (edit)
Ta Atomic number 73 tântalo
Classification data Period 6 Group 5 Block d-block Class transition metal
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Portuguese Wikipedia article on Tântalo

tântalo

Etymology

Named after Tântalo (“Tantalus”), from Ancient Greek Τάνταλος (Tántalos, “Tantalus”), a character from Greek mythology.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ta.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ta.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ta.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.tɐ.lu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: tân‧ta‧lo

Noun

tântalo m (usually uncountable, plural tântalos)

1. (chemistry) tantalum (chemical element)

Further reading

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