citoesqueleto
Galician
Etymology
From cito- (“cyto”) + esqueleto (“skeleton”).
Noun
citoesqueleto m (plural citoesqueletos)
Portuguese
Etymology
From cito- (“cyto”) + esqueleto (“skeleton”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.to.es.keˈle.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /si.to.eʃ.keˈle.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /si.to.es.keˈle.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /si.twɨʃ.kɨˈle.tu/
- Hyphenation: ci‧to‧es‧que‧le‧to
Noun
citoesqueleto m (plural citoesqueletos)
- (cytology) cytoskeleton (structure like a skeleton contained within the cytoplasm)
Further reading
- “citoesqueleto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From cito- (“cyto”) + esqueleto (“skeleton”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θitoeskeˈleto/ [θi.t̪o.es.keˈle.t̪o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /sitoeskeˈleto/ [si.t̪o.es.keˈle.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: ci‧to‧es‧que‧le‧to
Noun
citoesqueleto m (plural citoesqueletos)
Further reading
- “citoesqueleto”, 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