telefónico

telephone (adj.); phone-

adjective teh-leh-FOH-nee-koh Less Common

Usage Note

Telefónico is an adjective that cannot stand alone as a noun — it always modifies: llamada telefónica (phone call), compañía telefónica (phone company), servicio telefónico (telephone service). The stress falls on the ó, making it a proparoxytone (stress on the third-to-last syllable). It is not used as a noun; the telephone itself is el teléfono.

Examples

"Recibí una llamada telefónica importante esta mañana."

Natural Translation

I received an important phone call this morning.

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