hipnótico
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin hypnōticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inducing sleep”, “soporific”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ipˈnɔ.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ipˈnɔ.t͡ʃi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /iˈpnɔ.ti.ku/
- Rhymes: -ɔtiku, -ɔt͡ʃiku
- Hyphenation: hip‧nó‧ti‧co
Adjective
hipnótico (feminine hipnótica, masculine plural hipnóticos, feminine plural hipnóticas)
- hypnotic (relating to or causing hypnosis)
- (by extension) enthralling; mesmerising (very exiting)
Related terms
- hipnose
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin hypnōticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inducing sleep, soporific”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ibˈnotiko/ [iβ̞ˈno.t̪i.ko]
- Rhymes: -otiko
- Syllabification: hip‧nó‧ti‧co
Adjective
hipnótico (feminine hipnótica, masculine plural hipnóticos, feminine plural hipnóticas)
- hypnotic, mesmerizing
Noun
hipnótico m (plural hipnóticos)
- hypnotic (a sleep-inducing drug)
Derived terms
- hipnóticamente
Related terms
- hipnotismo
- hipnotizar
- hipnotizador
Further reading
- “hipnótico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014