acilo
Spanish
Etymology
From ácido + -ilo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθilo/ [aˈθi.lo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsilo/ [aˈsi.lo]
- Rhymes: -ilo
- Syllabification: a‧ci‧lo
- Homophone: asilo
Adjective
acilo (feminine acila, masculine plural acilos, feminine plural acilas)
- acyl
Noun
acilo m (plural acilos)
- (organic chemistry) acyl (any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid)
Alternative forms
- acil
Derived terms
- acilglicérido
Further reading
- “acilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014