azogue

From Spanish azogue.

azogue (countable and uncountable, plural azogues)

1. (mining) silver ores suitable for treatment by amalgamation with mercury.

• azoth

Inherited from Spanish azogue.

• IPA^(key): /aˈsoɡe/, [aˈso.ɡe]
• Hyphenation: a‧zo‧gue

azogue

1. (Zamboangueño) lead

• IPA^(key): /aˈθoɡe/ [aˈθo.ɣ̞e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈsoɡe/ [aˈso.ɣ̞e] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -oɡe
• Syllabification: a‧zo‧gue

From Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق (zāʔūq, “quicksilver”).

azogue m (uncountable)

1. mercury, quicksilver

   Synonym: mercurio

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

azogue

1. inflection of azogar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “azogue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024