furúnculo
See also: furunculo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fūrunculus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fuˈɾũ.ku.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fuˈɾũ.ku.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuˈɾũ.ku.lu/
- Hyphenation: fu‧rún‧cu‧lo
Noun
furúnculo m (plural furúnculos)
- (medicine) boil (small painful nodule that forms around the root of a hair or sweat gland, due to inflammation of the cellular tissue located under the skin)
- Synonyms: abcesso, carbúnculo, pústula, leicenço
Further reading
- “furúnculo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “furúnculo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuˈɾunkulo/ [fuˈɾũŋ.ku.lo]
- Rhymes: -unkulo
- Syllabification: fu‧rún‧cu‧lo
Noun
furúnculo m (plural furúnculos)
- alternative form of forúnculo
Further reading
- “furúnculo”, 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