carboxílico
Portuguese, adjective/kaʁ.bokˈsi.li.ku/
carboxílico is spelled C-A-R-B-O-X-Í-L-I-C-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carboxílico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “carboxylic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que contém a presença do grupo funcional carboxila”.
What does carboxílico mean in English?
adjective
- 1
carboxylic
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que contém a presença do grupo funcional carboxila
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of carboxílico
- carboxílica feminine
- carboxílicos masculine plural
- carboxílicas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carboxílico?
- Brazil /kaʁ.bokˈsi.li.ku/
- Brazil [kaɦ.bokˈsi.li.ku]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carboxílico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carboxílico in Portuguese?
carboxílico appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).