fósforo
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin phōsphorus, from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “torchbearer, light bearer”), from φῶς (phôs, “light”) + φέρω (phérō, “I carry, bear, bring”).
Noun edit
fósforo m (uncountable)
Portuguese edit
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Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin phōsphorus, from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “torchbearer, light bearer”), from φῶς (phôs, “light”) + φέρω (phérō, “to carry, to bear, to bring”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: fós‧fo‧ro
Noun edit
fósforo m (plural fósforos)
- match (device to make fire)
- (chemistry, uncountable) phosphorus
- an atom of phosphorus
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin phōsphorus, from Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros, “torchbearer, light bearer”), from φῶς (phôs, “light”) + φέρω (phérō, “to carry, bear, bring”). Compare Sicilian pòspuru.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fósforo m (plural fósforos)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “fósforo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014