azogue

English

Etymology

Spanish azogue

Noun

azogue (countable and uncountable, plural azogues)

1. (mining) silver ores suitable for treatment by amalgamation with mercury.

Related terms

• azoth

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aˈθoɡe/ [aˈθo.ɣ̞e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aˈsoɡe/ [aˈso.ɣ̞e]

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• Rhymes: -oɡe
• Syllabification: a‧zo‧gue

Etymology 1

From Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق (zāʔūq, “quicksilver”).

Noun

azogue m (uncountable)

1. mercury, quicksilver

   Synonym: mercurio

Descendants

• → English: azogue
• → Tagalog: asoge

Etymology 2

Verb

azogue

1. inflection of azogar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

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