Is CO2 an acid or a base?

Carbon dioxide(CO2 is considered to be as acid, or we can say it as a Lewis acid, due Resonance it acts as a Lewis acid(which accepts a lone pair of electrons.

CO2 when it dissolved in water it forms the carbonic acid:

CO2(g)+H2O(l)⇌H2CO3(aq)

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