cáustico

• Hyphenation: cáus‧ti‧co

cáustico (feminine cáustica, masculine plural cáusticos, feminine plural cáusticas)

1. caustic (capable of destroying organic tissue)
2. (figurative) caustic (very critical or unpleasant)

cáustico m (plural cáusticos)

1. caustic (substance which burns, corrodes or destroys organic tissue)

From Latin caustĭcus, from Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaustiko/ [ˈkau̯s.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -austiko
• Syllabification: cáus‧ti‧co

cáustico (feminine cáustica, masculine plural cáusticos, feminine plural cáusticas)

1. acrimonious; caustic

• “cáustico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16