decúbito
See also: decubito
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈku.bi.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈku.bi.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨˈku.bi.tu/ [dɨˈku.βi.tu]
- Hyphenation: de‧cú‧bi‧to
Noun
decúbito m (plural decúbitos)
- decubitus (the position assumed when lying down)
Further reading
- “decúbito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “decúbito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin dēcubitus (“lying down”).
Noun
decúbito m (plural decúbitos)
- position (of the body when lying down)
- decúbito prono ― prone position
- decúbito supino ― supine position
Derived terms
Further reading
- “decúbito”, 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