halógeno

Borrowed from Swedish halogen, coined by chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius based on Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”), due to the nature of halides, the salt compounds that halogens form with metals. By surface analysis, halo- +‎ -geno.

• IPA^(key): /aˈloxeno/ [aˈlo.xe.no]
• Rhymes: -oxeno
• Syllabification: ha‧ló‧ge‧no
• Homophone: alógeno

halógeno m (plural halógenos)

1. (inorganic chemistry) halogen

halógeno (feminine halógena, masculine plural halógenos, feminine plural halógenas)

1. (relational) halogen

• “halógeno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014