hipnótico

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin hypnōticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inducing sleep”, “soporific”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ipˈnɔ.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ipˈnɔ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ipˈnɔ.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈpnɔ.ti.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɔtiku, -ɔt͡ʃiku
• Hyphenation: hip‧nó‧ti‧co

Adjective

hipnótico (feminine hipnótica, masculine plural hipnóticos, feminine plural hipnóticas)

1. hypnotic (relating to or causing hypnosis)
2. (by extension) enthralling; mesmerising (very exiting)

Related terms

• hipnose

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin hypnōticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inducing sleep, soporific”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ibˈnotiko/ [iβ̞ˈno.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -otiko
• Syllabification: hip‧nó‧ti‧co

Adjective

hipnótico (feminine hipnótica, masculine plural hipnóticos, feminine plural hipnóticas)

1. hypnotic, mesmerizing

Noun

hipnótico m (plural hipnóticos)

1. hypnotic (a sleep-inducing drug)

Derived terms

• hipnóticamente

 

Related terms

• hipnotismo
• hipnotizador
• hipnotizar

 

Further reading

• “hipnótico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014