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chloroform in Spanish

chloroform in Spanish is cloroformo, cloroformizar — chloroform means a sweet-smelling, colourless liquid chemical once used as an anaesthetic and still used today as an industrial solvent.

chloroform in Spanish

cloroformo
noun
(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.
cloroformizar
verb
To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

What does "chloroform" mean?

  1. noun A sweet-smelling, colourless liquid chemical once used as an anaesthetic and still used today as an industrial solvent.
    "Chloroform was commonly used to put patients under before modern anaesthetics were developed."
  2. verb To knock someone unconscious using chloroform.
    "In the old film, the villain chloroforms his victim with a soaked cloth."
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chloroform in a sentence

  • Chloroform was commonly used to put patients under before modern anaesthetics were developed.
  • In the old film, the villain chloroforms his victim with a soaked cloth.

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What is "chloroform" in Spanish?

"chloroform" in Spanish is cloroformo, cloroformizar. chloroform means: A sweet-smelling, colourless liquid chemical once used as an anaesthetic and still used today as an industrial solvent.

How do you use "chloroform" in a sentence?

Example: "Chloroform was commonly used to put patients under before modern anaesthetics were developed." In Spanish, "chloroform" is cloroformo, cloroformizar.

Are there other ways to say "chloroform" in Spanish?

Yes — Spanish has 2 translations listed for "chloroform": cloroformo, cloroformizar.

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