cretáceo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾeˈta.se.u/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾeˈta.se.o/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾɨˈta.sju/
- Hyphenation: cre‧tá‧ce‧o
Adjective
cretáceo (feminine cretácea, masculine plural cretáceos, feminine plural cretáceas)
- (geology) relating to the Cretaceous period
Further reading
- “cretáceo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cretáceo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Adjective
cretáceo (feminine cretácea, masculine plural cretáceos, feminine plural cretáceas)
- Cretaceous
- Synonym: cretácico
Further reading
- “cretáceo”, 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