azogue
English
Etymology
Spanish azogue
Noun
azogue (countable and uncountable, plural azogues)
- (mining) Silver ores suitable for treatment by amalgamation with mercury.
Related terms
- azoth
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق (zāʾūq, “quicksilver”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθoɡe/ [aˈθo.ɣ̞e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsoɡe/ [aˈso.ɣ̞e]
Audio (Spain) (file) Audio (Peru) (file) - Rhymes: -oɡe
- Syllabification: a‧zo‧gue
Noun
azogue m (uncountable)
- mercury, quicksilver
- Synonym: mercurio
Descendants
- → English: azogue
- → Tagalog: asoge
Verb
azogue
- inflection of azogar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “azogue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014