azogue

English

Etymology

From Spanish azogue.

Noun

azogue (countable and uncountable, plural azogues)

1. (mining) silver ores suitable for treatment by amalgamation with mercury.

Related terms

• azoth

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish azogue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsoɡe/, [aˈso.ɡe]
• Hyphenation: a‧zo‧gue

Noun

azogue

1. (Zamboangueño) lead

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθoɡe/ [aˈθo.ɣ̞e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aˈsoɡe/ [aˈso.ɣ̞e]

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• Rhymes: -oɡe
• Syllabification: a‧zo‧gue

Etymology 1

From Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق (zāʔūq, “quicksilver”).

Noun

azogue m (uncountable)

1. mercury, quicksilver

   Synonym: mercurio

Descendants

• → English: azogue
• → Tagalog: asoge

Etymology 2

Verb

azogue

1. inflection of azogar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “azogue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28