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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧fro‧di‧sí‧a‧co
Adjective
afrodisíaco (feminine afrodisíaca, masculine plural afrodisíacos, feminine plural afrodisíacas)
- aphrodisiac (intensifying sexual desire)
Noun
afrodisíaco m (plural afrodisíacos)
- aphrodisiac (food or drug that intensifies sexual desire)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”), from Ἀφροδίσιος (Aphrodísios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afɾodiˈsiako/
- Rhymes: -iako
- Syllabification: a‧fro‧di‧sí‧a‧co
Adjective
afrodisíaco (feminine afrodisíaca, masculine plural afrodisíacos, feminine plural afrodisíacas)
- aphrodisiac
- Antonym: antiafrodisíaco
Noun
afrodisíaco m (plural afrodisíacos)
- aphrodisiac
- Antonym: antiafrodisíaco
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