asbesto

• IPA^(key): /asˈbesto/

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• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: as‧bes‧to

asbesto (uncountable, accusative asbeston)

1. asbestos

asbesto

1. asbestos

• Hyphenation: as‧bes‧to

asbesto m (plural asbestos)

1. asbestos (any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate)

   Synonym: amianto

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

Borrowed from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “incombustible”).

• IPA^(key): /asˈbesto/ [azˈβ̞es.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: as‧bes‧to

asbesto m (plural asbestos)

1. asbestos

• → Tagalog: asbesto

• “asbesto”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish asbesto (“asbestos”), from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos, “incombustible”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔasˈbesto/ [ʔɐsˈbɛs.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: as‧bes‧to

asbesto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. asbestos