cesárea

See also: cesarea and Cesarea

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Caesarea, because it was thought that Julius Caesar had been born that way.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈsaɾea/ [θeˈsa.ɾe.a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈsaɾea/ [seˈsa.ɾe.a]
• Rhymes: -aɾea
• Syllabification: ce‧sá‧re‧a

Noun

cesárea f (plural cesáreas)

1. Caesarean section

Adjective

cesárea f

1. feminine singular of cesáreo

Further reading

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