doméstico

See also: domestico, domesticó, and domesticò

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin domesticus (“domestic”), from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈmɛs.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈmɛs.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /doˈmɛʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈmɛs.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈmɛʃ.ti.ku/

• Hyphenation: do‧més‧ti‧co

Adjective

doméstico (feminine doméstica, masculine plural domésticos, feminine plural domésticas)

1. domestic (of or relating to the home)

   Synonyms: caseiro, domiciliar, domiciliário, familiar

2. domestic (of an animal: which is kept by someone)

   Synonyms: domado, manso

   Antonym: selvagem

Related terms

• domesticação
• domesticado
• domesticador
• domesticar
• domesticável
• domesticidade

 

Noun

doméstico m (plural domésticos, feminine doméstica, feminine plural domésticas)

1. domestic, house servant

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin domesticus (“domestic”), from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈmestiko/ [d̪oˈmes.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -estiko
• Syllabification: do‧més‧ti‧co

Adjective

doméstico (feminine doméstica, masculine plural domésticos, feminine plural domésticas)

1. domestic, household, home

   Antonym: silvestre

Derived terms

• animal doméstico
• domésticamente
• domesticar
• empleada doméstica
• quehaceres domésticos (“housework”)
• servicio doméstico
• video doméstico
• violencia doméstica

 

Related terms

• domesticación f (“domestication”)

 

Noun

doméstico m (plural domésticos, feminine doméstica, feminine plural domésticas)

1. (Chile) a person who steals from their neighbors

Further reading

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