acetábulo
See also: acetabulo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seˈta.bu.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.seˈta.bu.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.sɨˈta.bu.lu/ [ɐ.sɨˈta.βu.lu]
- Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tá‧bu‧lo
Noun
acetábulo m (plural acetábulos)
- (anatomy) acetabulum (bony cup that receives the head of the thigh bone)
Further reading
- “acetábulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “acetábulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin acētābulum, the anatomical meaning being a calque of Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aθeˈtabulo/ [a.θeˈt̪a.β̞u.lo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /aseˈtabulo/ [a.seˈt̪a.β̞u.lo] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -abulo
- Syllabification: a‧ce‧tá‧bu‧lo
Noun
acetábulo m (plural acetábulos)
- (obsolete) vinegar cup
- (anatomy) acetabulum
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “acetábulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025