plástico

See also: plastico and plasticò

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσειν (plássein, “to mold, form”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈplaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈplas.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈplaʃ.ti.ku/

• Hyphenation: plás‧ti‧co

Adjective

plástico (feminine plástica, masculine plural plásticos, feminine plural plásticas)

1. plastic, malleable; mouldable

   Synonyms: maleável, modelável, moldável

   Antonym: imaleável

2. (relational) plastic surgery
3. (relational) plastic arts

   Synonym: plasticista

Derived terms

• artista plástico
• cirurgia plástica
• matéria plástica
• plástica
• saco plástico
• sacola plástica

 

Related terms

• plasticidade
• plastificar

 

Noun

plástico m (plural plásticos)

1. plastic (a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material)

Derived terms

• microplástico

Further reading

• “plástico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσειν (plássein, “to mold, form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplastiko/ [ˈplas.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -astiko
• Syllabification: plás‧ti‧co

Adjective

plástico (feminine plástica, masculine plural plásticos, feminine plural plásticas)

1. plastic (constructed of plastic)

Noun

plástico m (uncountable)

1. plastic (a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material)

Derived terms

• cirugía plástica
• dinero de plástico
• dinero plástico
• envoltura de plástico
• microplástico
• plástico de burbujas

 

Related terms

• aplastar
• plasmar
• plasta
• plaste
• plasticidad
• plastificar
• plastilina

 

Further reading

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