🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Nocivo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: noˈθi.βo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Yūgai/juːˈɡaɪ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Los productos químicos eran nocivos para la salud."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Something that causes harm or damage.

    "The chemicals in the waste were identified as yūgai to the local ecosystem."
  2. 2

    A term used to describe harmful effects on health or the environment.

    "The report highlighted the yūgai of plastic pollution on marine life."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'yūgai' originates from the Japanese language, where it is derived from the kanji 有害, meaning 'harmful' or 'injurious'. The components of the kanji reflect a historical understanding of danger and toxicity, evolving in usage to describe various harmful substances or actions in modern contexts.

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