potasio

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /potas̺io/ [po.t̪a.s̺i.o]
• Rhymes: -io, -o
• Hyphenation: po‧ta‧si‧o

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Noun

potasio inan

1. potassium

Declension

Declension of potasio (inan sg-only V-stem)

	indefinite	singular
absolutive	potasio	potasioa
ergative	—	potasioak
dative	—	potasioari
genitive	—	potasioaren
comitative	—	potasioarekin
causative	—	potasioarengatik
benefactive	—	potasioarentzat
instrumental	potasioz	potasioaz
innesive	—	potasioan
locative	—	potasioko
allative	—	potasiora
terminative	—	potasioraino
directive	—	potasiorantz
destinative	—	potasiorako
ablative	—	potasiotik
partitive	potasiorik	—
prolative	potasiotzat	—

Further reading

• “potasio”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “potasio”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

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Alternative forms

• potássio (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

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Noun

potasio m (uncountable)

1. potassium

Further reading

• “potasio”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin potassium, from English potassium, coined in 1807 by Humphrey Davy, from English potash, from Dutch potasch, from Middle Dutch pottaschen (literally “pot ashes”), ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”) and *askǭ (“ash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈtasjo/ [poˈt̪a.sjo]

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• Rhymes: -asjo
• Syllabification: po‧ta‧sio

Noun

potasio m (plural potasios)

1. potassium

Derived terms

• bicarbonato de potasio
• nitrato de potasio
• potásico

Further reading

• “potasio”, 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