ventrículo

See also: ventriculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ventriculus, perhaps on the model of French ventricule. Cognate with Spanish ventrículo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/

• Rhymes: -ikulu
• Hyphenation: ven‧trí‧cu‧lo

Noun

ventrículo m (plural ventrículos)

1. (anatomy) ventricle (one of two lower chambers of the heart)
2. (anatomy) ventricle (one of the cavities of the brain)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ventriculus. Compare the inherited bandrullo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtɾikulo/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪ɾi.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -ikulo
• Syllabification: ven‧trí‧cu‧lo

Noun

ventrículo m (plural ventrículos)

1. ventricle

Related terms

• ventricular

 

Further reading

• “ventrículo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014