azogue
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Spanish azogue.
=== Noun ===
azogue (countable and uncountable, plural azogues)
(mining) silver ores suitable for treatment by amalgamation with mercury.
==== Related terms ====
azoth
== Chavacano ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Spanish azogue.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aˈsoɡe/, [aˈso.ɡe]
Hyphenation: a‧zo‧gue
=== Noun ===
azogue
(Zamboangueño) lead
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aˈθoɡe/ [aˈθo.ɣ̞e] (Spain)
IPA(key): /aˈsoɡe/ [aˈso.ɣ̞e] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -oɡe
Syllabification: a‧zo‧gue
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Andalusian Arabic الزَّوْق (az-zawq, “the quicksilver”), from Arabic زَاؤُوق (zāʔūq, “quicksilver”).
==== Noun ====
azogue m (uncountable)
mercury, quicksilver
Synonym: mercurio
===== Derived terms =====
===== Descendants =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
azogue
inflection of azogar:
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“azogue”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025