cirujano

Inherited from Old Spanish cirugiano, derived from cirugía, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *chirurgianus, from Latin chirurgia, from chirurgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós).

• IPA^(key): /θiɾuˈxano/ [θi.ɾuˈxa.no] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /siɾuˈxano/ [si.ɾuˈxa.no] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: ci‧ru‧ja‧no

cirujano m (plural cirujanos, feminine cirujana, feminine plural cirujanas)

1. surgeon

• “cirujano”, 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