caldo de cultivo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkaldo de kulˈtibo/ [ˌkal̪.d̪o ð̞e kul̪ˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Syllabification: cal‧do de cul‧ti‧vo
Noun
caldo de cultivo m (plural caldos de cultivo)
- (biology) culture medium; growth medium
- (figurative) breeding ground; hotbed
Further reading
- “caldo de cultivo”, 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