coágulo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin coagulum. Doublet of the inherited coalho.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈa.ɡu.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈa.ɡu.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkwa.ɡu.lu/ [ˈkwa.ɣu.lu]
- Hyphenation: co‧á‧gu‧lo
Noun
coágulo m (plural coágulos)
- curd; clot (coagulated part of any liquid)
- Synonym: coalho
- (strictly, hematology) blood clot
- Synonym: trombo
Related terms
Further reading
- “coágulo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “coágulo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “coágulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin coāgulum. Doublet of the inherited cuajo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈaɡulo/ [koˈa.ɣ̞u.lo]
- Rhymes: -aɡulo
- Syllabification: co‧á‧gu‧lo
Noun
coágulo m (plural coágulos)
Related terms
Further reading
- “coágulo”, 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