acupuntura

• IPA^(key): /akupunˈtuɾa/ [a.ku.pũn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: a‧cu‧pun‧tu‧ra

acupuntura f (plural acupuntures)

1. acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)

• acupunctura (reintegrationist)

• IPA^(key): /akupunˈtuɾa/ [ɑ.ku.pun̪ˈt̪u.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: a‧cu‧pun‧tu‧ra

acupuntura f (plural acupunturas)

1. acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)

• “acupuntura”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “acupuntura” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

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Learned borrowing from New Latin acūpūnctūra, from Latin acus + pūnctūra. By surface analysis, acu- +‎ puntura.

• acupunctura

acupuntura f (usually uncountable, plural acupunturas)

1. acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
   • 2007, Henrique Amat Rêgo Monteiro, transl., O Poder de Cura da Acupressura e da Acupuntura, São Paulo: Pensamento, translation of The Healing Power of Acupressure and Acupuncture by Matthew D. Bauer, →ISBN, page 142:

     Se você sentir que a acupuntura incomoda, discuta o assunto com o seu acupunturista. Se não ficar satisfeito com o que ele lhe disser, procure outro acupunturista que use agulhas mais finas.

     If you find acupuncture uncomfortable, discuss it with your acupuncturist. If you're not satisfied with what they tell you, look for another acupuncturist who uses thinner needles.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

acupuntura

1. inflection of acupunturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “acupuntura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “acupuntura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /akupunˈtuɾa/ [a.ku.pũn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: a‧cu‧pun‧tu‧ra

acupuntura f (plural acupunturas)

1. acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)

• “acupuntura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024