pináculo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin pinnaculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), diminutive of Latin pinna.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈna.ku.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈna.ku.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /piˈna.ku.lu/
- Rhymes: -akulu
- Hyphenation: pi‧ná‧cu‧lo
Noun
pináculo m (plural pináculos)
Further reading
- “pináculo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pináculo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin pinnaculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), diminutive of Latin pinna.
Noun
pináculo m (plural pináculos)
Further reading
- “pináculo”, 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