anestésico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• anestético

Etymology

From anestesia (“anaesthesia”) +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.nesˈtɛ.zi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.nesˈtɛ.zi.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.neʃˈtɛ.zi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.nesˈtɛ.zi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nɨʃˈtɛ.zi.ku/

Noun

anestésico m (plural anestésicos)

2. (pharmacology) anaesthetic (drug causing the reduction of pain sensitivity)

Adjective

anestésico (feminine anestésica, masculine plural anestésicos, feminine plural anestésicas)

2. (pharmacology) anaesthetic (causing or relating to the reduction of pain sensitivity)
4. (figurative) apathetic (not showing deep emotion)

   Synonyms: apatético, lânguido

Spanish

Etymology

From anestesia +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anesˈtesiko/ [a.nesˈt̪e.si.ko]
• Rhymes: -esiko
• Syllabification: a‧nes‧té‧si‧co

Adjective

anestésico (feminine anestésica, masculine plural anestésicos, feminine plural anestésicas)

1. anesthetic

Noun

anestésico m (plural anestésicos)

1. anesthetic

Further reading

• “anestésico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10