dúctil
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈduk.t͡ʃiw/ [ˈduk.t͡ʃiʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdu.ktil/ [ˈdu.ktiɫ]
- Hyphenation: dúc‧til
Adjective
dúctil m or f (plural dúcteis)
- ductile
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ductilis, from dūcō (“to lead, guide, conduct”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduɡtil/ [ˈd̪uɣ̞.t̪il]
- Rhymes: -uɡtil
- Syllabification: dúc‧til
Adjective
dúctil (plural dúctiles)
- ductile
- malleable
- Synonym: maleable
- (figuratively) malleable; docile, gullible
- Synonyms: acomodadizo, condescendiente
Derived terms
- ductilidad
Related terms
- ducto
Further reading
- “dúctil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014