plástico

From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσειν (plássein, “to mold, form”).

• Hyphenation: plás‧ti‧co

plástico (feminine plástica, masculine plural plásticos, feminine plural plásticas)

1. plastic, malleable; mouldable

   Synonyms: maleável, modelável, moldável

   Antonym: imaleável

2. (relational) plastic surgery
3. (relational) plastic arts

   Synonym: plasticista

plástico m (plural plásticos)

1. plastic (a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material)

• microplástico

• “plástico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσειν (plássein, “to mold, form”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈplastiko/ [ˈplas.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -astiko
• Syllabification: plás‧ti‧co

plástico (feminine plástica, masculine plural plásticos, feminine plural plásticas)

1. plastic (constructed of plastic)

plástico m (uncountable)

1. plastic (a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material)

• “plástico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28