centrífugo

See also: centrifugo, centrifugó, and centrifugò

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin centrifugus, from Latin centrum (“center”) + fugiō (“to flee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θenˈtɾifuɡo/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪ɾi.fu.ɣ̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /senˈtɾifuɡo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾi.fu.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -ifuɡo
• Syllabification: cen‧trí‧fu‧go

Adjective

centrífugo (feminine centrífuga, masculine plural centrífugos, feminine plural centrífugas)

1. centrifugal

   Antonym: centrípeto

Derived terms

• bomba centrífuga
• centrifugación
• centrifugador
• centrifugar
• fuerza centrífuga

 

See also

• centrífuga

Further reading

• “centrífugo”, 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