oxígeno
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Spanish
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| O | |
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Etymology
Borrowed from French oxygène, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + γένος (génos, “birth”), referring to oxygen's role in the formation of acids.
Pronunciation
Noun
oxígeno m (plural oxígenos)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “oxígeno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
oxígeno on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
