pesticida
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Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
pesticida (masculine plural pesticidi, feminine plural pesticide)
Noun
pesticida m (plural pesticidi)
- pesticide
- Synonym: fitofarmaco
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English pesticide. By surface analysis, peste + -cida.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pes‧ti‧ci‧da
Noun
pesticida m (plural pesticidas)
- (agriculture) pesticide (generic term for insecticidal substances used to protect plants from attack by parasites)
Usage notes
Pesticides used in agriculture are more commonly called agrotóxicos.
Further reading
- “pesticida”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “pesticida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pestiˈθida/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pestiˈsida/
- Rhymes: -ida
- Syllabification: pes‧ti‧ci‧da
Adjective
pesticida m or f (masculine and feminine plural pesticidas)
Noun
pesticida m (plural pesticidas)
- pesticide
- Synonym: plaguicida
Further reading
- “pesticida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10