tensoativo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tẽ.so.aˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tẽ.so.aˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tẽ.swɐˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tẽ.swɐˈti.bu/ [tẽ.swɐˈti.βu]
- Hyphenation: ten‧so‧a‧ti‧vo
Noun
tensoativo m (plural tensoativos)
- (chemistry) surfactant (agent that reduces the surface tension of a liquid)
- Synonym: surfactante
Adjective
tensoativo (feminine tensoativa, masculine plural tensoativos, feminine plural tensoativas)
- (chemistry) which reduces the surface tension of a liquid