pómulo

Galician

Noun

pómulo m (plural pómulos)

1. cheekbone

   Synonym: meixela

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pōmŭlum, a diminutive of pōmum (“stone fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpomulo/ [ˈpo.mu.lo]

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• Rhymes: -omulo
• Syllabification: pó‧mu‧lo

Noun

pómulo m (plural pómulos)

1. cheekbone

See also

• mejilla f

Further reading

• “pómulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16