formaldehído
Spanish, noun
formaldehído is spelled F-O-R-M-A-L-D-E-H-Í-D-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 65,203rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Formaldehído is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “formaldehyde” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, formaldehido is a different word: “formaldehyde”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Resultante de la oxidación del alcohol metílico. Su fórmula es H2C=O y es un gas incoloro, de olor picante…”.
What does formaldehído mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineformaldehyde
noun
- 1
masculineformaldehyde
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Resultante de la oxidación del alcohol metílico. Su fórmula es H2C=O y es un gas incoloro, de olor picante, altamente volátil e inflamable, que se vuelve líquido a menos de 21 grados centígrados bajo cero. Es de uso muy versátil en la industria química.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of formaldehído
- formaldehídos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to formaldehído
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formaldehído in Spanish?
formaldehído appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).