raquítico
Portuguese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈki.t͡ʃi.ku/ [haˈki.t͡ʃi.ku]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁaˈki.t͡ʃi.ku/ [χaˈki.t͡ʃi.ku]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈki.t͡ʃi.ko/ [haˈki.t͡ʃi.ko]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐˈki.ti.ku/
- Rhymes: -it͡ʃiku, -itiku
- Hyphenation: ra‧quí‧ti‧co
Adjective
raquítico (feminine raquítica, masculine plural raquíticos, feminine plural raquíticas)
- (medicine) rickety (who suffers from rickets)
- (medicine) rickety (relating to rickets)
- frail, stunted
- (botany) little developed
- (figuratively) petty
Noun
raquítico m (plural raquíticos, feminine raquítica, feminine plural raquíticas)
Further reading
- “raquítico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “raquítico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈkitiko/ [raˈki.t̪i.ko]
- Rhymes: -itiko
- Syllabification: ra‧quí‧ti‧co
Adjective
raquítico (feminine raquítica, masculine plural raquíticos, feminine plural raquíticas)
Further reading
- “raquítico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024