pesticida

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pe.stiˈt͡ʃi.da/
Rhymes: -ida
Hyphenation: pe‧sti‧cì‧da

Adjective

pesticida (masculine plural pesticidi, feminine plural pesticide)

pesticidal

Noun

pesticida m (plural pesticidi)

pesticide
Synonym: fitofarmaco

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English pesticide. By surface analysis, peste +‎ -cida.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pes.t͡ʃiˈsi.dɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʃ.t͡ʃiˈsi.dɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pes.t͡ʃiˈsi.da/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɛʃ.tiˈsi.dɐ/ [pɛʃ.tiˈsi.ðɐ]

Hyphenation: pes‧ti‧ci‧da

Noun

pesticida m (plural pesticidas)

(agriculture) pesticide (generic term for insecticidal substances used to protect plants from attack by parasites)

Usage notes

Pesticides used in agriculture are more commonly called agrotóxicos.

Further reading

“pesticida” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“pesticida” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /pestiˈθida/ [pes.t̪iˈθi.ð̞a]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /pestiˈsida/ [pes.t̪iˈsi.ð̞a]
Rhymes: -ida
Syllabification: pes‧ti‧ci‧da

Adjective

pesticida m or f (masculine and feminine plural pesticidas)

pesticidal

Noun

pesticida m (plural pesticidas)

pesticide
Synonym: plaguicida

Further reading

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

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