bactericida

Portuguese

Etymology

From bactéria +‎ -cida.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.ki.te.ɾiˈsi.dɐ/, /bak.te.ɾiˈsi.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.ki.te.ɾiˈsi.dɐ/, /bak.te.ɾiˈsi.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bak.te.ɾiˈsi.da/, /ba.ki.te.ɾiˈsi.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ktɨ.ɾiˈsi.dɐ/ [bɐ.ktɨ.ɾiˈsi.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: bac‧te‧ri‧ci‧da

Adjective

bactericida m or f (plural bactericidas)

1. bactericidal

Further reading

• “bactericida”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “bactericida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From bacteria +‎ -cida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɡteɾiˈθida/ [baɣ̞.t̪e.ɾiˈθi.ð̞a] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /baɡteɾiˈsida/ [baɣ̞.t̪e.ɾiˈsi.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: bac‧te‧ri‧ci‧da

Adjective

bactericida m or f (masculine and feminine plural bactericidas)

1. bactericidal

Noun

bactericida m (plural bactericidas)

1. bactericide

Further reading

• “bactericida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024