I sprayed insecticide on the outside of the mosquito net.
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Insecticide
//ɪnˈsɛk.tɪˌsaɪd//
Synonyms for "insecticide" (52 found)
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39 translations across 36 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- միջատասպան noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Catalan
1 entries- insecticida noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 殺蟲劑 /杀虫剂 noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Czech
1 entries- insekticid noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Dutch
1 entries- insecticide noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Faroese
1 entries- skordýratýnari noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Finnish
1 entries- hyönteismyrkky noun (A substance used to kill insects)
French
1 entries- insecticide noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Galician
1 entries- insecticida noun (A substance used to kill insects)
German
2 entries- Insektengift noun (A substance used to kill insects)
- Insektizid noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Greek
1 entries- εντομοκτόνο noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Hungarian
1 entries- rovarirtó noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Indonesian
1 entries- insektisida noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Irish
2 entries- feithidicíd noun (A substance used to kill insects)
- feithidnimh noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Italian
1 entries- insetticida noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Japanese
1 entries- 殺虫剤 noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Kazakh
1 entries- жәндікжойғы noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Korean
1 entries- 살충제 noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Latin
1 entries- insecticida noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Malay
1 entries- insektisid noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Mongolian
2 entries- шавжны хор noun (A substance used to kill insects)
- ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠵᠢᠨ ᠦ ᠬᠣᠣᠷᠠ noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Navajo
1 entries- chʼosh bee yigání noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- insektmiddel noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- insektmiddel noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Persian
1 entries- حشرهکش noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Polish
1 entries- środek owadobójczy noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Portuguese
1 entries- inseticida noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Romanian
1 entries- insecticid noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Russian
1 entries- инсектици́д noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Spanish
1 entries- insecticida noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Swahili
1 entries- dawa ya wadudu noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Swedish
1 entries- insektsgift noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Tagalog
1 entries- pamatay-kulisap noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Thai
1 entries- ยาฆ่าแมลง noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Tibetan
1 entries- འབུ་སྨན noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Turkish
1 entries- insektisit noun (A substance used to kill insects)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Hey man, I beg you - spray some insecticide behind the fridge.
Source: tatoeba (2323858)
The insecticide promised to exterminate cockroaches.
Source: tatoeba (2753691)
We have been using this insecticide for two years.
Source: tatoeba (3260386)
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