microplástico

Portuguese

Etymology

From micro- +‎ plástico.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmi.kɾoˈplas.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌmi.kɾoˈplaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmi.kɾoˈplas.t͡ʃi.ko/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmi.kɾɔˈplaʃ.ti.ku/

Hyphenation: mi‧cro‧plás‧ti‧co

Noun

microplástico m (plural microplásticos)

(usually in the plural) microplastic

Further reading

“microplástico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From micro- +‎ plástico.

Noun

microplástico m (plural microplásticos)

microplastic

Further reading

“microplástico”, 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