malaquita

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ləˈki.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.laˈki.ta]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

malaquita f (plural malaquites)

1. (mineralogy) malachite (bright green mineral)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• malaquite (Portugal)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.laˈki.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.laˈki.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.laˈki.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.lɐˈki.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ma‧la‧qui‧ta

Noun

malaquita f (plural malaquitas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (mineralogy) malachite (bright green mineral)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malaˈkita/ [ma.laˈki.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ma‧la‧qui‧ta

Noun

malaquita f (plural malaquitas)

1. (mineralogy) malachite

Further reading

• “malaquita”, 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