cáustica
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaws.t͡ʃi.kɐ/ [ˈkaʊ̯s.t͡ʃi.kɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkawʃ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/ [ˈkaʊ̯ʃ.t͡ʃi.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaws.t͡ʃi.ka/ [ˈkaʊ̯s.t͡ʃi.ka]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkawʃ.ti.kɐ/
- Hyphenation: cáus‧ti‧ca
Noun
cáustica f (plural cáusticas)
- (optics, computer graphics) caustic (envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object)
- (mathematics) caustic (envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve)
Adjective
cáustica
- feminine singular of cáustico
Further reading
- “cáustica”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cáustica”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaustika/ [ˈkau̯s.t̪i.ka]
- Rhymes: -austika
- Syllabification: cáus‧ti‧ca
Noun
cáustica f (plural cáusticas)
Adjective
cáustica
- feminine singular of cáustico
Further reading
- “cáustico”, 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