néctar

From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

néctar m (uncountable)

1. nectar

• nectario

Learned borrowing from Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

néctar m (plural néctares)

1. (mythology) the drink of the gods
2. (by extension) any drink considered extremely good

   Synonym: néctar dos deuses

3. (botany) nectar (sweet liquid secreted by flowers)

• (drink of the gods): ambrosia

• néstar (Chile, hypercorrective, vulgar)

From Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar), from Proto-Indo-European *néḱtr̥h₂, derived from the roots *neḱ- (“to perish, disappear”) and *terh₂- (“to overcome”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɡtaɾ/ [ˈneɣ̞.t̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɡtaɾ
• Syllabification: néc‧tar

néctar m (plural néctares)

1. nectar (the drink of the gods)
2. nectar (any delicious drink)
3. (botany) nectar (the sweet liquid secreted by flowers)

• nectarino

• nectáreo
• nectarina

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

• centra, trance