apotropaico

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιος (apotrópaios, “averting, warding off”), from ἀποτρέπω (apotrépō, “to avert, ward off”).

• IPA^(key): /a.po.troˈpa.i.ko/
• Rhymes: -aiko
• Hyphenation: a‧po‧tro‧pà‧i‧co

apotropaico (feminine apotropaica, masculine plural apotropaici, feminine plural apotropaiche)

1. apotropaic
2. warding off bad luck

• scaramantico

apotropaico (feminine apotropaica, masculine plural apotropaicos, feminine plural apotropaicas)

1. (religion, mysticism) apotropaic (intended to ward off evil)

• “apotropaico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “apotropaico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιος (apotrópaios, “averting, warding off”), from Ancient Greek ἀποτρέπω (apotrépō, “to avert, ward off”) +‎ -ico.

apotropaico (feminine apotropaica, masculine plural apotropaicos, feminine plural apotropaicas)

1. apotropaic

• “apotropaico”, 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