baquelita

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.keˈli.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.kɨˈli.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ba‧que‧li‧ta

Noun

baquelita f (uncountable)

1. Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of baquelite

Further reading

• “baquelita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “baquelita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• bakelita

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bakeˈlita/ [ba.keˈli.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ba‧que‧li‧ta

Noun

baquelita f (plural baquelitas)

1. Bakelite (a heat-resisting chemically inert resin)

Further reading

• “baquelita”, 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