combustível

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French combustible, from Latin combustus (burning).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ivɛl
  • Hyphenation: com‧bus‧tí‧vel

Noun

combustível m (plural combustíveis)

  1. fuel

Adjective

combustível m or f (plural combustíveis)

  1. combustible

References

  1. ^ combustível”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ combustível”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024