quelato

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

quelato m (plural quelatos)

1. (chemistry) chelate, chelate compound

Etymology 2

Verb

quelato

1. first-person singular present indicative of quelatar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English chelate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈlato/ [keˈla.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: que‧la‧to

Noun

quelato m (plural quelatos)

1. chelate

Further reading

• “quelato”, 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