anfipático

See also: anfipatico

Portuguese

Etymology

From anfi- +‎ -pático.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈpa.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈpa.t͡ʃi.ko/

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

• Hyphenation: an‧fi‧pá‧ti‧co

Adjective

anfipático (feminine anfipática, masculine plural anfipáticos, feminine plural anfipáticas)

1. (chemistry, of a molecule) amphipathic (having both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups)
2. (biochemistry, of an alpha helix) amphipathic (having one surface with hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface with hydrophobic or lipophilic aminoacids)

Further reading

• “anfipático”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “anfipático”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “anfipático”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “anfipático”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From anfi- +‎ -pático, a calque of English amphipathic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anfiˈpatiko/ [ãɱ.fiˈpa.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -atiko
• Syllabification: an‧fi‧pá‧ti‧co

Adjective

anfipático (feminine anfipática, masculine plural anfipáticos, feminine plural anfipáticas)

1. (chemistry) amphipathic

Further reading

• “anfipático”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014