azo

• Rhymes: -æzəʊ

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azo (not comparable)

1. azote, nitrogen
2. Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
3. (organic chemistry) Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene etc.

• azo-

• zoa

Perhaps from Old Occitan aize (“comfort”), from Latin adiacēns. Compare French aise and Italian agio.^[1] Alternatively, from Proto-Celtic *anatyom (“life; spirit, soul”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaθo̝/, (western) /ˈaso̝/

azo m (plural azos)

1. spirit, energy

   Synonyms: forza, ánimo

2. mood; zest

   Synonyms: ánimo, gana

• azoso

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “azo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “azo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “azo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Cognates include Fon zò, Saxwe Gbe azò, Adja ezo, Ewe edzo

• IPA^(key): /ā.zò/

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azò (plural azò lɛ́ or azò lẹ́)

1. horn of an animal

azo (Raguileo spelling)

1. now; For a short while.

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

• ácio

Borrowed from Old Occitan aize (“comfort”), from Latin adiacēns. Compare French aise and Italian agio. Doublet of adjacente.

• Rhymes: -azu
• Hyphenation: a‧zo

azo m (plural azos)

1. occasion; opportunity

   Synonym: ocasião