opérculo

See also: operculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin operculum.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛʁ.ku.lu/ [oˈpɛh.ku.lu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛɾ.ku.lu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛʁ.ku.lu/ [oˈpɛχ.ku.lu]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛɻ.ku.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛʁ.ku.lo/ [oˈpɛh.ku.lo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈpɛɾ.ku.lu/

Hyphenation: o‧pér‧cu‧lo

Noun

opérculo m (plural opérculos)

(biology) operculum (flap-like cover in some animals and plants)

Further reading

“opérculo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“opérculo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin operculum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oˈpeɾkulo/ [oˈpeɾ.ku.lo]
Rhymes: -eɾkulo
Syllabification: o‧pér‧cu‧lo

Noun

opérculo m (plural opérculos)

operculum

Further reading

“opérculo”, 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