transgénico

See also: transgenico and transgênico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• transgênico (Brazil)

Etymology

From transgene +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈʒɛ.ni.ku/

• Hyphenation: trans‧gé‧ni‧co

Adjective

transgénico (feminine transgénica, masculine plural transgénicos, feminine plural transgénicas) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (biology) transgenic (genetically modified)

Further reading

• “transgênico”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “transgênico”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “transgénico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “transgênico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “transgénico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From trans- +‎ gen +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾansˈxeniko/ [t̪ɾãnsˈxe.ni.ko]
• Rhymes: -eniko
• Syllabification: trans‧gé‧ni‧co

Adjective

transgénico (feminine transgénica, masculine plural transgénicos, feminine plural transgénicas)

1. transgenic
   • 2020 December 9, Darinka Rodríguez, “Leydy Pech: la abeja reina de una colmena maya contra los transgénicos de Monsanto en México”, in El País‎^[1], Mexico:

     Los cultivos transgénicos no son los únicos que amenazan la supervivencia de las abejas de los apicultores de la región.

     The transgenic growings are not the only ones menacing the survival of the regional beekeepers' bees.

Noun

transgénico m (plural transgénicos)

1. transgenic

Further reading

• “transgénico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10