Gold is resistant to most acids, though it does dissolve in aqua regia (a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid), which forms a soluble tetrachlorocuprate anion.
Igolide limelana nama-asidi amaningi, yize lichitheka ku-aqua regia (ingxube ye-nitric acid ne-hydrochloric acid), eyakha i-tetrachloroaurate anion encibilikayo.