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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English aldehyde, a contraction of New Latin alcohol dēhydrogenātum (“alcohol deprived of hydrogen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aldeˈido/
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: al‧de‧hí‧do
Noun
aldehído m (plural aldehídos)
- (chemistry) aldehyde
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