electrochoque

Portuguese

Noun

electrochoque m (plural electrochoques)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of eletrochoque; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Further reading

• “electrochoque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eleɡtɾoˈt͡ʃoke/ [e.leɣ̞.t̪ɾoˈt͡ʃo.ke]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: e‧lec‧tro‧cho‧que

Noun

electrochoque m (plural electrochoques)

1. electroshock

   Synonym: calambre

Further reading

• “electrochoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025