rótula
Galician edit
Noun edit
rótula f (plural rótulas)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin rotula (“small wheel”). Doublet of rolha.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ró‧tu‧la
Noun edit
rótula f (plural rótulas)
- (anatomy, dated) kneecap
- Synonym: patela
- (São Paulo, Bahia, South Brazil) roundabout
Hypernyms edit
- (kneecap): osso
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed directly from Latin rotula. Doublet of rol.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rótula f (plural rótulas)
Further reading edit
- “rótula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014