cáustico
See also: caustico
Portuguese
Adjective
cáustico (feminine cáustica, masculine plural cáusticos, feminine plural cáusticas)
- caustic (capable of destroying organic tissue)
- (figurative) caustic (very critical or unpleasant)
Noun
cáustico m (plural cáusticos)
- caustic (substance which burns, corrodes or destroys organic tissue)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin caustĭcus, from Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaustiko/ [ˈkau̯s.t̪i.ko]
- Rhymes: -austiko
- Syllabification: cáus‧ti‧co
Adjective
cáustico (feminine cáustica, masculine plural cáusticos, feminine plural cáusticas)
- acrimonious; caustic
Derived terms
- cáusticamente
Further reading
- “cáustico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014