trópico

See also: -tropico and tropico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾɔ.pi.ku/

  • Hyphenation: tró‧pi‧co

Noun

trópico m (plural trópicos)

  1. tropic (either of the two parallels north and south of the equator)

Adjective

trópico (feminine trópica, masculine plural trópicos, feminine plural trópicas)

  1. tropic; tropical (relating to the tropics)
    Synonym: tropical

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tropicus, from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a turning”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾopiko/ [ˈt̪ɾo.pi.ko]
  • Rhymes: -opiko
  • Syllabification: tró‧pi‧co

Noun

trópico m (plural trópicos)

  1. (astronomy, geography) tropic
  2. (geography) tropics

Derived terms

Adjective

trópico (feminine trópica, masculine plural trópicos, feminine plural trópicas)

  1. (relational) trope (of or relating to tropes and their use)

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