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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin sulphur.
Noun
azufre m (plural azufres)
- sulfur (element)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθufɾe/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsufɾe/
- Rhymes: -ufɾe
- Syllabification: a‧zu‧fre
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish sufre, from Latin sulfur, sulphur, sulphure, from Proto-Indo-European *swelplos, from the root *swel- (“to burn, smoulder”).
Noun
azufre m (uncountable)
- sulfur
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
azufre
- inflection of azufrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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