tubérculo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈbɛʁ.ku.lu/ [tuˈbɛh.ku.lu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tuˈbɛɾ.ku.lu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tuˈbɛʁ.ku.lu/ [tuˈbɛχ.ku.lu]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /tuˈbɛɻ.ku.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈbɛʁ.ku.lo/ [tuˈbɛh.ku.lo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈbɛɾ.ku.lu/ [tuˈβɛɾ.ku.lu]
Noun
tubérculo m (plural tubérculos)
- (botany) tuber (fleshy underground stem)
- (botany) tubercle (small rounded protuberance on certain plants)
- (anatomy) tubercle (small rounded protuberance on a bone)
- (pathology) tubercle (small nodule produced by tuberculosis)
Further reading
- “tubérculo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “tubérculo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin tuberculum, diminutive of tuber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuˈbeɾkulo/ [t̪uˈβ̞eɾ.ku.lo]
- Rhymes: -eɾkulo
- Syllabification: tu‧bér‧cu‧lo
Noun
tubérculo m (plural tubérculos)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “tubérculo”, 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