decúbito

See also: decubito

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈku.bi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈku.bi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈku.bi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈku.bi.tu/ [dɨˈku.βi.tu]

• Hyphenation: de‧cú‧bi‧to

Noun

decúbito m (plural decúbitos)

1. decubitus (the position assumed when lying down)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin dēcubitus (“lying down”).

Noun

decúbito m (plural decúbitos)

1. position (of the body when lying down)

   decúbito prono ― prone position

   decúbito supino ― supine position

Derived terms

• decúbito lateral

Further reading

• “decúbito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10