espina dorsal
Spanish
editNoun
editespina dorsal f (plural espinas dorsales)
- (anatomy) spine, backbone (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord)
- Synonyms: columna, columna vertebral
- (figurative) backbone (fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure)
Further reading
edit- “espina dorsal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014