antibiótico

/antiˈβjotiko/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los antibióticos

Meaning

  1. antibiotic

    Built from anti (against) + biótico (of life).

    • Tomo un antibiótico.

      I'm taking an antibiotic.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Made of

  • anti against
  • biótico of life

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

antibiotique

antibiotique is the French word for the same thing — both mean "antibiotic."

Portuguese

antibiótico

antibiótico is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "antibiotic."

Practice

1 What does antibiótico mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tomo un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches antibiótico?

nouncompound

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