dentífrico
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French dentifrice, from Latin dentifricium.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /dẽˈt͡ʃi.fɾi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dẽˈt͡ʃi.fɾi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dẽˈti.fɾi.ku/
- Hyphenation: den‧tí‧fri‧co
Noun
dentífrico m (plural dentífricos)
- (Portugal) toothpaste (paste for cleaning the teeth)
- Synonyms: pasta dos dentes, pasta de dente
Related terms
Further reading
- “dentífrico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “dentífrico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Alternative forms
- dentrífico, dentrífrico (nonstandard)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /denˈtifɾiko/ [d̪ẽn̪ˈt̪i.fɾi.ko]
- Rhymes: -ifɾiko
- Syllabification: den‧tí‧fri‧co
Adjective
dentífrico (feminine dentífrica, masculine plural dentífricos, feminine plural dentífricas)
Noun
dentífrico m (plural dentífricos)
- toothpaste
- Synonym: pasta de dientes
Further reading
- “dentífrico”, 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
- “dentífrico”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
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