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marcapasos

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Verb-object compound, composed of marca (“to mark”) +‎ pasos (“paces”). Calque of English pacemaker.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /maɾkaˈpasos/ [maɾ.kaˈpa.sos]
  • Rhymes: -asos
  • Syllabification: mar‧ca‧pa‧sos

Noun edit

marcapasos m (plural marcapasos)

  1. pacemaker (medical implement)

Noun edit

marcapasos

  1. plural of marcapaso

References edit

  1. ^ “marcapasos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading edit

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