revulsivo

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /re.vulˈsi.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ivo
  • Hyphenation: re‧vul‧sì‧vo

Adjective

revulsivo (feminine revulsiva, masculine plural revulsivi, feminine plural revulsive)

  1. revulsive

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rebulˈsibo/
  • Rhymes: -ibo
  • Syllabification: re‧vul‧si‧vo

Adjective

revulsivo (feminine revulsiva, masculine plural revulsivos, feminine plural revulsivas)

  1. (medicine) revulsive
  2. (figurative) stimulating

Noun

revulsivo m (plural revulsivos)

  1. (medicine) emetic, vomitive (something that induces vomiting)
  2. (figurative) stimulation, catalyst, wake-up call
    • 2021 May 4, Paula Chouza, “Pablo Iglesias abandona la política tras el “fracaso” de la izquierda en Madrid”, in El País, retrieved 2021-05-05:
      El secretario general de la formación, que con su entrada en la batalla electoral por Madrid se echaba sobre los hombros toda la responsabilidad del resultado, no ha logrado ser el revulsivo que pretendía cuando decidió dejar la vicepresidencia del Gobierno.
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