animálculo
See also: animalculo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.niˈmaw.ku.lu/ [a.niˈmaʊ̯.ku.lu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.niˈmaw.ku.lo/ [a.niˈmaʊ̯.ku.lo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.niˈmal.ku.lu/ [ɐ.niˈmaɫ.ku.lu]
- Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mál‧cu‧lo
Noun
animálculo m (plural animálculos)
- (zoology) animalcule (any microscopic animal)
Further reading
- “animálculo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “animálculo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aniˈmalkulo/ [a.niˈmal.ku.lo]
- Rhymes: -alkulo
- Syllabification: a‧ni‧mál‧cu‧lo
Noun
animálculo m (plural animálculos)
- (zoology) animalcule (tiny microscopic animal)
Further reading
- “animálculo”, 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