tóxico

tóxico

1. neuter of tóxicu

Learned borrowing from Latin toxicum (“arrow poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “arrow poison”), from τοξικός (toxikós, “pertaining to bows”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔksiko/
• Rhymes: -ɔksiko
• Hyphenation: tó‧xi‧co

tóxico (feminine tóxica, masculine plural tóxicos, feminine plural tóxicas)

1. toxic

• toxicidade

• “tóxico”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Borrowed from Latin toxicum (“arrow poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “arrow poison”), from τοξικός (toxikós, “pertaining to bows”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).

• Hyphenation: tó‧xi‧co

tóxico m (plural tóxicos)

1. (toxicology) poison (substance harmful to a living organism)

   Synonyms: peçonha, toxina, veneno

2. a recreational drug

   Synonyms: droga, narcótico

tóxico (feminine tóxica, masculine plural tóxicos, feminine plural tóxicas)

1. (toxicology) toxic (harmful to a living organism)

   Synonyms: intoxicante, peçonhento, venenoso

• atóxico

Borrowed from Latin toxicum (“arrow poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “arrow poison”), from τοξικός (toxikós, “pertaining to bows”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”). Cf. also tósigo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɡsiko/
• Rhymes: -oɡsiko
• Syllabification: tó‧xi‧co

tóxico (feminine tóxica, masculine plural tóxicos, feminine plural tóxicas)

1. toxic

   Synonym: venenoso

• “tóxico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28